FOURTH ESTATE Mantel Pieces Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books Hilary Mantel Summary In 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and breezy than scholarly.’ This collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir from the next three decades, tells the story of what happened next. Her subjects range far and wide: Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia where she lived for four years in the 1980s, the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, a brilliant examination of Helen Duncan, Britain’s last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Fourth Estate Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing insight into the Tudor mind 9780008429973 we are familiar with from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, which caused a Pub Date: 10/6/20 On Sale Date: 10/6/20 media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. Here too are some of Ship Date: 9/9/20 her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman. $32.99 CAD Hardcover Const... 304 Pages 20 b/w illus Carton Qty: 0 Contributor Bio Print Run: 75K Hilary Mantel is one of Britain’s most accomplished, acclaimed and garlanded writers. She is the author of Literary Collections / Essays fifteen books, including A Place of Greater Safety, Beyond Black, and the memoir Giving Up the Ghost. Wolf LCO010000 Hall and Bring Up the Bodies have both been awarded The Man Booker Prize. The conclusion to The Wolf Hall 8.7 in H | 5.6 in W | 1.3 in T | 1 lb Wt Trilogy, The Mirror & the Light, was published in 2020. Not Without My Sister (Special edition) The True Story of Three Girls Violated and Betrayed by Those They Trusted Kristina Jones, Celeste Jones, Juliana Buhring Summary The bestselling, devastating account of three sisters torn apart, abused and exploited at the hands of a community that robbed them of their childhood. It reveals three lives, separate but entwined, that have experienced unspeakable horror, unrelenting loyalty and unforgettable courage. From as early as three years old, Juliana, Celeste and Kristina were separated from their parents and physically and sexually abused by their 'guardians' in the infamous religious cult known as the Children of God. They were made to watch and mimic orgies, received love letters and sexual advances from men old HarperElement enough to be their grandfather, and were forced into abusive relationships. They were denied access to formal 9780008422561 schooling and medical care, had to busk on the streets, beg for money, and were mercilessly beaten for Pub Date: 11/3/20 'crimes' as unpredictable as reading an encyclopaedia. On Sale Date: 11/3/20 Ship Date: 10/7/20 $19.99 CAD Finally, unable to live with the guilt of what had happened to her children, their mother escaped with Kristina Paperback and her younger siblings, cutting herself off from Celeste in a bid to save her remaining children. Desperate to Carton Qty: 40 save her ... Family & Relationships / Abuse Contributor Bio FAM001000 Kristina, Celeste and Julianna were all born into the cult The Children of God to the same father, David Jones, 7.8 in H | 5.1 in W | 0.8 lb who remains a member of the organisation. Kristina and Celeste share the same mother. The three girls were Wt separated from each other and their mothers at an early age and lived in various missions throughout the world under the 'care' of various foster parents. Both Kristina and Celeste were eventually able to escape the cult and study psychology at university. Julianna remained in the cult until well into her twenties, when falling pregnant provided the catalyst to make her escape. Julianna now works in Uganda, where she remains in contact with her remaining siblings in the cult. Previous Editions: 9/9 Not Without My Sister (9780007248070, $12.99,1 1/7/2008, TP) Not Without My Sister - (9780008332532, $9.99, 2/12/2019, MM) HQ The Power of Privilege How white people can challenge racism June Sarpong Summary The death of George Floyd and subsequent Black Lives Matter protests have made clear to everyone the vicious reality of racism that persists today. Many of those privileged enough to be distanced from racism are now having to come to terms with the fact that they continue to prosper at the detriment of others. Having spent the last four years researching, writing, and speaking about the benefits of diversity for society, June Sarpong is no stranger to educating and challenging those that have been enjoying the benefits of a system steeped in systemic racism without realising its true cost. HQ In The Power of Privilege, June will empower those fortunate enough not to be ‘otherised’ by mainstream 9780008435929 Western society to become effective allies against racism, both by understanding the roots of their privilege Pub Date: 11/24/20 On Sale Date: 11/24/20 and the systemic societal inequities that perpetuates it. 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SOC031000 6.5 in H | 4.4 in W | 0.6 lb Wt Meghan Misunderstood Sean Smith Summary Meghan was eleven when she first advocated for women’s rights; a teenager when she worked in a soup kitchen feeding the homeless; a popular actress when she campaigned for clean water in Africa and passionately championed gender equality in a speech to a United Nations Women’s Conference. Even before she met Prince Harry, hers was an extraordinarily accomplished life. Meghan’s wedding to Harry was a joyful occasion, marking happiness at last for the Queen’s grandson who had captured our hearts twenty years earlier when he bravely walked behind his mother Diana’s coffin. Theirs was a story that the screenwriters of Hollywood – where Meghan had made her name – could scarcely have imagined. 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Rowling Story was Trade Paperback based on his biography of the Harry Potter author. $23.99 CAD On Sale Date: January 5, 2021 Described by the Independent as a 'fearless chronicler', he specialises in meticulous research, going 'on the Ship Date: December9/9 9, road' to find the real person behind the star2 image. 2020 HARPERCOLLINS Wake Up Why the ‘liberal’ war on free speech is even more dangerous than Covid-19 Piers Morgan Summary ’The biggest threat to our freedom in the 21st century isn’t coronavirus but hysterically woke liberals trying to kill democracy by suppressing free speech...This is my clarion call, as a liberal myself, for them to stop screaming, shaming and cancelling everyone they disagree with, and start being part of the solution to global disharmony and division – not the problem.’ Piers has long been unashamedly vocal about the fundamental problems we face as a society, which only became clearer in the midst of the pandemic. Yet just as Coronavirus exposed our flaws, it also showcased our strengths. We saw selfless bravery in the heroic efforts of our health-care staff while thousands flocked to HarperCollins 9780008392598 parks for picnics. As stockpilers revealed our extraordinary levels of self-interest, we also witnessed inspiring, Pub Date: 12/8/20 noble acts from members of the public such as Captain Tom Moore. And all the while, the outraged woke On Sale Date: 12/8/20 brigade continued to take to Twitter, shutting down debate on important issues like gender, racism and Ship Date: 11/11/20 $36.99 CAD feminism. Hardcover Wake Up is Piers’ rallying cry for a united future. He makes the case that a... 352 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Print Run: 50K History / Europe Contributor Bio HIS015000 Piers Morgan was born in 1965.