Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 32, Publishers: Pavilion Books, Author: Charles Fowkes, ISBN-13: 9781841658292, Date of issue: 2019
Master watercolour techniques with this indispensable artist's manual. Whether you are just starting with watercolour painting or you’re looking to push yourself and try new ideas, Artist's Watercolour Techniques is for you. Learn how to work with a variety of water-based media and discover a range of subject matter from landscapes and urban scenes to botanical paintings and portraits with detailed advice for all levels.Fully illustrated, step-by-step workshops from professional artists guide you through more than 90 watercolour techniques, including creating a wash, alla prima, glazing, and working in monochrome. All techniques are accompanied by inspiring exercises and projects to try at home to help you develop your skills, discover your style, and grow as an artist. Whatever your level of expertise, this all-encompassing guide will teach you everything you need to take your art to the next level.
Tired of Provence in books, cuisine, and tablecloths? Exhausted from your armchair travels to Paris? Despairing of ever finding a place that speaks to you beyond reason? You are ripe for a journey to Brittany, where author Mark Greenside reluctantly travels, eats of the crepes, and finds a second life. When Mark Greenside -- a native New Yorker living in California, doubting (not-as-trusting-as Thomas, downwardly mobile, political lefty, writer, and lifelong skeptic -- is dragged by his girlfriend to a tiny Celtic village in Brittany at the westernmost edge of France, in Finistere, "the end of the world," his life begins to change. In a playful, headlong style, and with enormous affection for the Bretons, Greenside tells how he makes a life for himself in a country where he doesn't speak the language or know how things are done. Against his personal inclinations and better judgments, he places his trust in the villagers he encounters -- neighbors, workers, acquaintances -- and is consistently won over and surprised as he manages and survives day-to-day trials: from opening a bank account and buying a house to removing a beehive from the chimney -- in other words, learning the cultural ropes, living with neighbors, and making new friends. "I'll Never Be French (no matter what I do)" is a beginning and a homecoming for Greenside, as his father's family emigrated from France. It is a memoir about fitting in, not standing out; being part of something larger, not being separate from it; following, not leading. It explores the joys and adventures of living a double life.
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'It's a long time since I have enjoyed a novel so much. Fresh, witty and smart it also has a heart.' KATE ATKINSON 'Sizzles with uproarious fun, from its snout to the sting in its tale.' INDEPENDENT'The perfect tonic for testing times.' GUARDIANWe all know politics is absurd. But could a Republican be brought down by a stuffed aardvark? Republican congressman Alexander Paine Wilson is determined that nothing will stop him in his campaign for re-election. Not the fact that he is a bachelor, not the fact that his main adversary Nancy Beavers - married, with children - is rising in the polls. Nothing. That is, until one hot day in August, he receives a large parcel via FedEx. Inside is a gigantic taxidermied aardvark. This aardvark has a surprising history - from the Victorian naturalist who discovered it to the taxidermist who deemed it his finest creation. But for Wilson, the entrance of the aardvark sets off a chain of events that threaten to ruin his entire career. Constantly surprising, brilliantly comic and piquantly provocative, Enter the Aardvark is a tale for our times, a biting satire with a tender underbelly. ____________________________________________'Sometimes, a paragraph near the start of a novel is so perfect and funny that you read it over and over, laugh every time, and know you're in for a treat...I'm loving this. Completely insane but utterly hilarious'. JOHN BOYNE'Spry, slim, clever...the inventiveness is impressive and the story has heart' THE SUNDAY TIMES'What begins as a topical takedown of the American political system deepens into a hugely enjoyable romp through history.' OBSERVER'Fresh, astute and mouthwateringly sharp, this is a rare thing; a political satire that tugs on the heartstrings in unconventional ways.' IRISH TIMES'Sharp, inventive and very funny, it's an entertainingly bizarre political satire.' TATLER'Part 21st-century political satire, part unexpectedly affecting 19th-century love story...It's every bit as strange as it sounds, and yet somehow it works' DAILY MAIL'Old, dead creature brings down flash, vain senator... Out in front as the most fizzing and amusing novel of the year.' STRONG WORDS magazine'A blisteringly innovative and outrageous novel.' NY OBSERVER'Weird, wonderful, and very much of the moment, Enter the Aardvark is a landmark political novel of the Trump era...With heart and humor, Anthony expertly skewers our current political climate.' ESQUIRE'Inventive and darkly funny...as Anthony connects characters from today with those from 19th-century England, she offers an original and unsettling lens through which to view male power as it has evolved over time.' TIME'Enter Jessica Anthony. With her highly inventive, ever attentive, and morally serious (as all great comedy must be) Enter the Aardvark, she estranges all over again our deplorable political moment, and thereby helps make it bearable.' JOSHUA FERRIS'Mischievously zoological and darkly satirical - a brilliant novel' JOHN IRONMONGER, author of NOT FORGETTING THE WHALE'
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"This is a handbook of incalculable brilliance. You’ll instinctively know the lessons that resonate with you.” Nile Rodgers"I wish I had this book years ago when I started my business.” Thomas HeatherwickDiscover the secrets to building a thriving creative business and unleashing your full creative potential with The Creative Entrepreneur. Learn from ten of the world’s most inspiring entrepreneurs, including Grammy winner Nile Rodgers and Emmy-winning producer Andy Harries (The Crown), as they share their stories, actionable advice, and recommendations to help you succeed in business and fuel your life potential.Unlock your creativity and transform your career with a new, mission-driven perspective from these industry icons in design, fashion, art, film, music, and more. Featuring transformative wisdom from creative leaders:BUILD A CREATIVE BUSINESS: An insider's guide to building a business with advice on branding, intellectual property, networking, and more. CASE STUDIES FROM INDUSTRY ICONS: Exclusive insights from leaders across creative fields, including Nile Rodgers, The River Café’s Ruthie Rogers and Soho House founder Nick Jones.FOR AMBITIOUS PROFESSIONALS: Perfect for those looking to start a business, build a brand, secure investment, harness creativity to succeed at a company or turn a hobby into a side hustle. RAPIDLY GROWING ECONOMIC SECTOR: The creative sector is one of the fastest growing contributors to the global economy. Included in the book:- Unheard stories and exclusive interviews with inspiring creative entrepreneurs.- Key takeaways to reinforce and easily review important points. - Lessons learned from the journey of creative leaders. - Essential business topics, such as building a brand and marketing.Buy now and take the first step towards unlocking your creative potential and building a successful creative business or career. Features interviews with:Nile Rodgers, Co-Founder, The Chic OrganizationRoksanda Ilincic, Founder, fashion label RoksandaYinka Ilori, Founder, Yinka Ilori StudioAndy Harries, Founder, Left Bank Pictures (The Crown)Priya Ahluwalia, Founder, fashion label AhluwaliaThomas Heatherwick, Founder, Heatherwick StudioMatthew Slotover, Co-Founder, FriezeRuthie Rogers, Founder, The River CafeStrauss Zelnick, CEO Take-Two Interactive (Grand Theft Auto)Nick Jones, Founder, Soho House
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"Brother Brontë evokes Octavia Butler, William Gibson, and John Steinbeck; these are all my favorites, and with this book, Fernando A. Flores joins the list." -Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore"This crazy cakey world-making of Fernando A. Flores is all of literature, wide, plaintive, melancholy and full of feminist fellow joyousness and ways. Hated this world ending, I want more." -Eileen Myles Two women fight to save their dystopian border town-and literature-in this gonzo near-future adventure.The year is 2038, and the formerly bustling town of Three Rivers, Texas, is a surreal wasteland. Under the authoritarian thumb of its tech industrialist mayor, Pablo Henry Crick, the town has outlawed reading and forced most of the town's mothers to work as indentured laborers at the Big Tex Fish Cannery, which poisons the atmosphere and lines Crick's pockets.Scraping by in this godforsaken landscape are best friends Prosperina and Neftalí-the latter of whom, one of the town's last literate citizens, hides and reads the books of the mysterious renegade author Jazzmin Monelle Rivas, whose last novel, Brother Brontë, is finally in Neftalí's possession. But after a series of increasingly violent atrocities committed by Crick's forces, Neftalí and Prosperina, with the help of a wounded bengal tigress, three scheming triplets, and an underground network of rebel tías, rise up to reclaim their city-and in the process, unlock Rivas's connection to Three Rivers itself.An adventure that only the acclaimed Fernando A. Flores could dream up, Brother Brontë is a mordant, gonzo romp through a ruined world that, in its dysfunction, tyranny, and disparity, nonetheless feels uncannily like our own. With his most ambitious book yet, Flores once again bends what fiction can do, in the process crafting a moving and unforgettable story of perseverance.
Winner of the 2021 Alfred Fagon AwardIt's a play, a performance, a ritual, about human farming, farming humans, soil and the soul, seeds and cells... nursing the nursery, curing creation, remedies and vaccinations against white supremacist racism; birthing revolution, raising redemption, finding yourself in the forest of futurity, the promise of immortality and the matter of Black lives.Henrietta Lacks is one of most remarkable people in medical history. Her cells were taken without her or her family's knowledge or permission. Meet Anarcha, Betsey, Lucy and three NHS nurses in the pandemic, each denied their place in history. Now is the time for their incredible legacy to undergo a transformation. To blossom and grow into something beautiful and new.Mojisola Adebayo's Alfred Fagon Award-winning play Family Tree is a beautifully poetic drama about race, health, the environment, and the incredible legacy of one of the most influential women of modern times. This edition was published to coincide with the Actors Touring Company co-production with the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and Brixton House, in March 2023.
Though he was born into a leopard's lair in the bayou, Joshua Tregre's fighting skills were honed in the rain forests of Borneo. Sleek and deadly, he's the perfect man to take over a crime syndicate back home in Louisiana's lush swamp lands. His razor-sharp instincts give him an edge in the violent underworld he knows so well but even the watchful leopard inside him isn't prepared for the threat that comes from the girl next door... She is a woman who can create beauty out of thin air - and out of the ruins of her own life. The games that dangerous men play have taken their toll on her but she is bent, not broken. And it's her fierce spirit that's like a lure to Joshua, a temptation he can't resist - even if it means bringing his true nature into the light...
An honest exploration of the impacts of experiencing bullying and how to cope with it. This is a kid's book about bullying. It explores the impacts of bullying and helps kids to identify when bullying is taking place, as well as encouraging empathy and offering a pathway forward for children who have felt its effects. This book helps kids aged 5-9 understand what bullying is. Sometimes kids can be mean. Really mean. While sticks and stones might break some bones, words will always hurt more. Here, the topic of bullying is sensitively introduced to initiate conversations with children and raise awareness about it. A Kids Book About Bullying features: A large and bold, yet minimalist font design that allows kids freedom to imagine themselves in the words on the pages. A friendly, approachable, empowering and child-appropriate tone throughout. An incredible and diverse group of authors in the series who are experts or have first-hand experience of the topic. Tackling important discourse together! The A Kids Book About series are best used when read together. Helping to kickstart challenging, empowering, and important conversations for kids and their grownups through beautiful and thought-provoking pages. The series supports an incredible and diverse group of authors, who are either experts in their field, or have first-hand experience on the topic. A Kids Co. is a new kind of media company enabling kids to explore big topics in a new and engaging way. With a growing series of books, podcasts and blogs, made to empower. Learn more about us online by searching for A Kids Co.
Journey back in time and find out where dinosaurs roamed in this unique children's atlas exploring each continent. Stare down a T Rex in North America. Watch out for Velociraptors' slashing claws in the Gobi Desert. Trek across the Siberian tundra and discover a woolly mammoth. This innovative book uses impressive computer-generated imagery to make every dinosaur come to life. This fascinating dinosaur book for kids is packed with maps of early Earth and more than 40 profiles of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Children aged 9+ can explore the world of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures through brand new maps and incredible artworks based on the latest scientific research, revealing fossils and stories on every map! This dinosaur atlas for children offers: - A breakdown of each continent by chapter, showing where dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals appeared at a given time. - A connection of each dinosaur to a period - Triassic, Jurassic, or Cretaceous. - Specially commissioned maps and 3D locator globes which link the prehistoric world to the present-day. - Vivid double-page features show dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals in dynamic scenes. Dinosaur Atlas reveals the prehistoric world in a fresh, new atlas approach, and is an essential addition to the library of every young dinosaur expert. Using specially commissioned maps, What's Where on Earth? Dinosaur Atlas shows children what the world looked like millions of years ago. A modern 3D globe next to each map breaks down the arrangement of the continents over time and why we find fossils where we do. This book shows what palaeontologists have dug up in each continent and learn how they put together a picture of the past from a puzzle of ancient clues.
Packed with striking photography, Eyewitness Fossil explores the creatures and plants that lived long ago. Become an eyewitness to the natural treasures found in rocks in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of all things fossils. Children will be mesmerised by the bones, teeth and plants from long ago that have all been turned to rock. This beautifully illustrated guide for kids aged 9+ gives an insight into how palaeontologists learn about ancient life forms. Striking photographs, detailed diagrams and lots of examples of fossils help you to learn what can be discovered around the world and why some fossils lead to new discoveries about the past. Throughout the pages of this newly-revised book on fossils, you can expect to find: - A fresh new look; new photographs, updated information, and a new "eyewitness" feature. - Amazing facts, updated diagrams, statistics, and timelines. - Brand new eyewitness accounts from experts in the field. Eyewitness Fossil introduces the ultimate guide to how fossils are formed and where they can be found. Children can learn all about which type of early human lived 1 million years ago, see a shell with precious coating and discover similarities between ichthyosaurs and modern-day dolphins. This all-encompassing guide to reptiles is a must-have for curious children aged 9+ with a thirst for learning, as well as teachers, parents and librarians. So, what's new? Part of DK's best-selling Eyewitness series, this popular title has been reinvigorated for the next generation of information-seekers and stay-at-home explorers, with a fresh new look, up to 20 percent new images, including photography and updated diagrams, updated information, and a new "eyewitness" feature with fascinating first-hand accounts from experts in the field. Explore the series! Globally, the Eyewitness series has sold more than 50 million copies over 30 years. Travel through the solar system with Eyewitness Space, learn the incredible systems that keep your body functioning with Eyewitness Human Body, take a trip aboard the most famous ship in history with Eyewitness Titanic, or explore one of the most brutal conflicts of the 20th century with Eyewitness World War I.
Start the conversation about feminism early, and empower young minds to embrace it. This is a kid's book about feminism. It is an unapologetic approach to the topic of feminism as something that everyone can embrace, no matter their gender. This book helps kids aged 5-9 understand what feminism means, tackling ideas around equality, bias, and discrimination because of gender. It also empowers young kids of any gender to embrace feminism and show up for others when they're being treated unfairly A Kids Book About Feminism features: - A large and bold, yet minimalist font design that allows kids freedom to imagine themselves in the words on the pages. - A friendly, approachable and empowering, kid-appropriate tone throughout. - An incredible and diverse group of authors in the series who are experts or have first-hand experience of the topic. Tackling important discourse together! The A Kids Book About series are best used when read together. Helping to kickstart challenging, empowering, and important conversations for kids and their grownups through beautiful and thought-provoking pages. The series supports an incredible and diverse group of authors, who are either experts in their field, or have first-hand experience on the topic. A Kids Co. is a new kind of media company enabling kids to explore big topics in a new and engaging way. With a growing series of books, podcasts and blogs, made to empower. Learn more about us online by searching for A Kids Co.
An exciting first guide to the magnificent world of horses. Learn all about horses, from how to care for them to how to ride one, in this informative childrens guide to horse and pony care. Covering favourite breeds, from Shire horse to Shetland pony, what kit to use, and equestrian sports, this visual book is something that every young horse enthusiast aged 5-7 will want to own. Eye-catching images are featured alongside friendly illustrations, giving children plenty to take in and enjoy. This informative horse book for children offers: - Clear and accessible text on horse care and characteristics using annotations, friendly language and a clear structure. - Fact files on more than 20 breeds, with top-trump style comparisons and digestible information. - An introduction to new and interesting information in this successful series for young learners. My Book of Horses and Ponies is an engaging and informative children's book, with age-appropriate text, photographs and illustrations on every page. Young equine enthusiasts will be excited to read this wonderful treasury of horses and ponies. Complete the series This engaging guide to horse breeds is part of the My Book of series of educational books for children. Whatever your subject, why not complete the series with My Book of Cats and Kittens, My Book of Dogs and Puppies, My Book of Rocks and Minerals, My Book of the Elements, My Book of Stars and Planets and My Book of Fossils?
Discover the world with this atlas, which includes maps, flags, and country profiles in a handy, compact package. This is a new edition that includes updated maps and statistics, as well as short profiles of each of the worlds 196 nations. In this atlas, you will find: A series of 12 global thematic maps on subjects as diverse as ocean currents and languages. 60 full-colour regional maps featuring political and state borders. A fully cross-referenced index-Gazetteer featuring 20,000 places. Data profiles of each country, including flags and key statistical indicators. You can also read additional information about the main population and administrative centres, main lines of communication, ports, and airports. This is the perfect reference tool to help digest all the information in todays world through the essential facts about our ever-changing planet.
Discover the story of Pixar Animation Studios in this coffee-table book illustrated with development artwork from the Pixar archives. Take a walk through the Pixar Museum without leaving the sofa! Discover the story of how this animation studio changed the film industry in just a few years. This large-format book showcases rarely-seen artwork from the official Pixar Studios, including concept drawings from the early stages of popular films such as Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, Up, Cars, Coco and The Incredibles. Chronicling the fascinating history of Pixar, this book is a must-have addition to the shelf of all fans of animation, film and Pixar Studios. Autorid: Walt Disney, Simon Walt Disney
Peppa and her friends are celebrating Easter at the petting farm! They are searching for eggs to paint and decorate. Join Peppa on her search in this brilliant touch-and-feel story. Stroke the chicken's fluffy feathers, feel the guinea pigs' soft fur and touch the pretty petals. Happy egg hunting! Don't miss these other brilliant Peppa books: Peppa Pig: What's at the Zoo, Peppa? A Touch-and-Feel Playbook Peppa Pig: Peppa's Easter Hide and Seek: A Lift-the-Flap Book Peppa Pig: Peppa's Halloween Fun: A Touch-and-Feel Playbook Autorid: Peppa Pig
An empowering and uplifting guide from THREE legendary Lionesses, Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway and Nikita Parris. Lionesses are brave. They fiercely look out for one another. They stick together. And they will roar as loud as they need to, to make sure their voices are heard. Ella, Georgia and Nikita have learned so much from football that can apply to everyday life, from joining a new squad, to stepping up to take a penalty, and getting back up when life (or a footballer) knocks you down. With the true stories of how they got to where they are today and tons of practical tips, this book will help young readers embrace who they are, ignite their spark, go after their goals and find their team - because no Lioness is complete without their pride.Are you ready to embrace your inner Lioness? Written with Sunday Times bestselling author Cheryl Rickman Autorid: Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway, Nikita Parris, Cat Sims, Cheryl Rickman
Join Peppa and play in the spring, summer, autumn and winter in this jam-packed sticker book. Create fun scenes using the stickers - enjoy skiing in the snow, jumping in muddy puddles and splashing in the pool! Peppa loves the seasons. EVERYONE loves the seasons! Don't miss these other brilliant Peppa books: Peppa Pig: Peppa's Magical Sticker Dress-Up Book Peppa Pig: Peppa's Travels Peppa Pig: Peppa's Favourite Places Autorid: Peppa Pig
Peppa and her friends want to know what starting school will be like, so Madame Gazelle suggests they pretend to have a first day at big school together. What will Peppa think of big school and how different will it be to playgroup? Find out by lifting the flaps in this brilliant picture book. Prepare your little one for school with this perfect introduction. Peppa loves playing first day at big school. EVERYONE loves playing first day at big school. Don't miss these other brilliant Peppa books: Peppa Pig: My Mummy is the Best Peppa Pig: Dream Big, Peppa! Peppa Pig: Peppa Goes to a Wedding Autorid: Peppa Pig
Peppa is going on a busy adventure! This family holiday has mountain climbing, cave exploring, a submarine cruise and even a jungle tour! When it's time for bed, Peppa and her family sleep under the stars! Join Peppa on her adventure and touch the bumpy mountains, feel the sparkly crystals and stroke the soft and fluffy sloth! A brilliant touch-and-feel story for adventurous Peppa fans! Don't miss these other brilliant Peppa books: Peppa Pig: Easter at the Farm: A Touch-and-Feel Playbook Peppa Pig: What's at the Zoo, Peppa? A Touch-and-Feel Playbook Peppa Pig: Peppa's Halloween Fun: A Touch-and-Feel Playbook Autorid: Peppa Pig
"Humans aren't a resource to be bought, used and discarded - they are the point of the workplace, the life essence of innovation, growth and success." From the bestselling author of Purple Cow and This Is Marketing comes an urgent manifesto for leaders facing unprecedented challenges in a rapidly-changing workplace. The workplace has undergone a massive shift. Remote work and economic instability have depressed innovation and left us disconnected and disengaged. Paychecks no longer buy loyalty, happiness, and effort. Quiet quitting runs rampant, and people show up without truly showing up. Alarmed managers are doubling down on keystroke surveillance, productivity tracking and back-to-the-office mandates, when what they should be doing is the opposite - affording employees the dignity necessary to inject purpose and motivation into their work. In The Song of Significance, legendary author and business thinker Seth Godin posits a new view of what industry leaders must do now. If you want your employees to live up to their full professional potential, you must give them the respect and autonomy they deserve as humans. The choice is simple: either keep treating your people as disposable and join in the AI-fueled race to the bottom, or build a significant organization that enrolls, empowers, and trusts employees to deliver their best work, no matter where they're working. Autorid: Seth Godin
Discover the new Penguin Crime and Espionage series For the unlikely crime-busting duo Leo and Serendipity, a missing dog is only the start of their troubles... Leo Bloodworth, 'the Bloodhound', is a world-weary L.A. gumshoe with a reputation for finding anything - and a low tolerance of precocious teenagers. Serendipity Dahlquist is a precocious teenager. When the headstrong, roller-skating fourteen-year-old asks Bloodworth to help track down her lost dog Groucho, it leads this oddest of odd couples into the dark criminal underworld of the Mexican mafia, and into more trouble than they'd bargained for. Autorid: Dick Lochte
Discover the revolutionary practice of TIMEBOXING guaranteed to optimize productivity in every aspect of your life 'A masterclass in intentional living' Nir Eyal, the author of Indistractable 'It really works. If my Stanford students could read only one book this year, that would be Timeboxing' BJ Fogg, the bestselling author of Tiny Habits 'Timeboxing can help you get things done, but more importantly, it can help you do more of what you love' Kim Scott, the bestselling author of Radical Candor 'The most important productivity tool isnt an app, a hack, or a new habitits your calendar. Timeboxing shows you how to use it with precision and intention, so you stop reacting to other peoples demands and start focusing on what truly matters to you.' Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of WHEN, DRIVE, and TO SELL IS HUMAN 'Timeboxing, which is such a simple idea, is far more powerful than you might expect --- and not just in terms of increased productivity, but in terms of having greater peace of mind when working on large and complex projects. I highly recommend this book.' Shane Legg, Co-Founder and Chief AGI Scientist at Google DeepMind ------------------------ Do you feel like you're always busy, but never truly productive? Do you crave a simpler, more intentional life? Every day we face a bewildering array of work and life choices but at any given moment it can be unclear what to focus our attention on. Timeboxing is the antidote to our contemporary decision fatigue and with this book you will discover the benefits of the gloriously simple practice of choosing one thing to do, when to do it, and getting it done. In concise and easy to digest chapters, this book will dive deep into the discipline of timeboxing, explore the benefits of incorporating this time management practice into your daily life and most importantly, show you the tried and tested ways to make it a habit that sticks. Say goodbye to overwhelm and hello to productivity, and ultimately peace of mind, with timeboxing - because time well spent is a life well lived. ------------------------ Autorid: Marc Zao-Sanders
Discover the new Penguin Crime and Espionage series For two secret agents, there's no such thing as a quiet life in the countryside... In a peaceful Kent village, Mr Behrens lives with his aunt at the Old Rectory, where he plays chess and keeps bees. His friend Mr Calder lives nearby with Rasselas, a golden deerhound of unnatural intelligence. No one would suspect that they are in fact working for British Intelligence, carrying out the jobs that are too dangerous for anyone else to handle - whether it's wiping out traitors, Soviet spies or old Nazis - in these gloriously entertaining stories. Autorid: Michael Gilbert
'GANNI offers a blueprint for how to embed sustainability from within' RACHEL CERNANSKY, SUSTAINABILITY EDITOR, VOGUE BUSINESSThis book is about what happened when a business leader decided not to bury his head in the sand about climate change; when he found the conversation with his kids about floods from melting ice caps too painful, since his success was wound up in their cause. This book asks what it means to force yourself to take a different business path, where the destination is a responsible and profit-making business.GANNI, the ruthlessly honest Scandinavian fashion brand, is driven by a mission to demonstrate the principles of responsible business, where greater purpose co-exists with financial ambitions.In The GANNI Playbook, co-founder Nicolaj Reffstrup unveils the strategies that propelled GANNI to international stardom (although he'd never say that about their journey), while candidly unravelling the cultural, operational and creative components required to construct a business that embraces an uncertain future.In an engaging conversation with esteemed industry writer Brooke Roberts-Islam, Reffstrup delves into the reality of fashion's carbon emissions and the accompanying sense of guilt associated with growth, openly discussing both triumphs and failures, while honestly acknowledging the trade-offs that come with the journey.The GANNI Playbook is the ultimate hands-on guide to managing a decisive, direct and unapologetic brand. Autorid: Nicolaj Reffstrup, Brooke Roberts-Islam
A Guardian book to look out for for 2024 'A bold and intimate grappling with the hidden history at the heart of a childhood that was set up as a collectivist social experiment' EWAN MORRISON, author of How to Survive Everything 'Strikingly good' NOREEN MASUD, author of A Flat Place In the turbulent late seventies, six-year-old Susanna Crossman moved with her mother and siblings from a suburban terrace to a crumbling mansion deep in the English countryside. They would share their new home with over fifty other residents from all over the world, armed with worn paperbacks on ecology, Marx and radical feminism, drawn together by utopian dreams of remaking the world. They did not leave for fifteen years. While the Adults adopted new names and liberated themselves from domestic roles, the Kids ran free. In the community, nobody was too young to discuss nuclear war and children learned not to expect wiped noses or regular bedtimes. Instead, they made a home in a house with no locks or keys, never knowing when they opened doors whether theyd find violent political debates or couples writhing under sheets. Decades later, and armed with hindsight, Crossman revisits her past, turning to leading thinkers in philosophy, sociology and anthropology to examine the society she grew up in, and the many meanings of family and home. In this luminous memoir, she asks what happens to children who are raised as the product of social experiments and explores how growing up estranged from the outside world shapes her as a parent today. 'Crossman writes with such curiosity and heart-breaking honesty of what it is to find her own truth. I was enthralled by this book' LILY DUNN, author of Sins of my Father 'Beautiful, bold, tender. I loved this gorgeous memoir about making home' PRAGYA AGARWAL, author of Hysterical Autorid: Susanna Crossman
