Transworld Non-Fiction

NON-FICTION CATALOGUE JANUARY - JUNE 2020

1 Last Stop Auschwitz My Story of Survival Eddy de Wind

An Auschwitz prisoner's remarkable account of suffering and survival, widely thought to be the only complete book written inside the camp itself.

Thought to be the only complete book written within Auschwitz itself, Eddy de Wind's account of his time in the concentration camp is for readers of The Cut Out Girl and The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz.

With an Afterword by John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas ______

Eddy de Wind, a Dutch doctor and psychiatrist, was shipped to Auschwitz with his wife Friedel, whom he had met and married at the Westerbork labour camp in the Netherlands. At Auschwitz, they made it through the brutal selection process and were put to work. Each day, each hour became a battle for survival.

For Eddy, this meant negotiating with the volatile guards in the medical barracks. For Friedel, it meant avoiding the Nazis’ barbaric medical experiments. Despite such daily stresses, love prevailed. Passing notes through the fence, sometimes stealing a brief embrace, Friedel and Eddy clung to life.

As the end of the war approached and the Russian Army drew closer, the last Nazis fled, taking many prisoners with them, including Friedel. Eddy hid under a pile of old clothes and stayed behind. And then he began to write with furious energy about his experiences. January 2020 Last Stop Auschwitz is an extraordinary account of life as a prisoner, a 9780857526830 near real-time record of the daily struggle to survive but also of the £14.99 : Hardback flickering moments of joy Eddy and Friedel found in each other. 256 pages Documenting the best and the worst of humanity, it is a unique and timeless story that reminds us of what we as humans are capable of, but that there is hope, even in Hell. It will linger with you long after the final page has been turned. ______

'Powerful and moving.' Wendy Holden, author of Born Survivors

Eddy de Wind (1916–1987) was the last Jewish doctor to graduate from Leiden University in the Netherlands during World War Two. He volunteered to work at the Westerbork labour camp under the false impression that his mother, who had been taken by the Germans, would be saved from deportation. There, he met and married his first wife, Friedel. The couple was deported to Auschwitz in 1943.

De Wind returned to Holland in the summer of 1945 and specialized as a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. In 1949 he published ‘Confrontation with Death’, his famous article in which he introduced the idea of concentration-camp syndrome. Last Stop Auschwitz was published in Dutch in February 1946. As far as is known, it is the only complete book written in Auschwitz itself.

2 Ladies Can’t Climb Ladders The Pioneering Adventures of the First Professional Women Jane Robinson

An inspiring and startling centenary history of the first professional women whose determination to have successful careers shaped the personal and working lives of women today.

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It is a myth that the First World War liberated women.

The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919 was one of the most significant pieces of legislation in modern Britain. It should have marked a social revolution, opening the doors of the traditional professions to women who had worked so hard during the War, and welcoming them inside as equals.

But what really happened? Ladies Can’t Climb Ladders focuses on the lives of pioneering women forging careers in the fields of medicine, law, academia, architecture, engineering and the church. In her startling study into the public and private worlds of these unsung heroines, Jane Robinson sheds light on their desires and ambitions, and how family and society responded to this emerging class of working women.

This book is written in their honour. Their shared vision, sacrifice and spirited perseverance began a process we have yet to finish. Their experiences raise live questions about equal January 2020 opportunity, the gender pay gap, the work/life balance – and 9780857525871 whether it is possible for women to have it all. £20.00 : Hardback 368 pages Jane Robinson is also the author of Hearts and Minds: The integrated b/w Untold Story of the Great Piligrimage and How Women Won the Vote and Bluestockings: the Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education. She was born in Edinburgh and brought up in Yorkshire before going to Oxford University to study English Language and Literature at Somerville College. She has worked in the antiquarian book trade and as an archivist and is now a full-time writer and lecturer, specialising in social history through women's eyes. She is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, member of the Society of Authors, and founder member of Writers in Oxford. She is married with two sons and lives in Buckinghamshire. Ladies Can't Climb Ladders is her eleventh book.

3 Gaff Goddess Simple Tips and Tricks to Help You Run Your Home Laura de Barra

The ultimate She-IY and interiors guide to help unlock your inner Gaff Goddess.

Laura de Barra is quite simply a Gaff Goddess. Expanding on her popular online home hacks, Laura will teach you how to handle the problems we all encounter in our homes.

Straight-talking and hilarious and packed with Laura’s stunning illustrations, her step-by-step guides will prepare you to handle the most common household emergencies with style. From dripping taps to hanging a frame, how best to look after your white goods, how to treat moths, mould and everything in between, and with invaluable design ideas to improve the living spaces in your home, this book is for everyone who has ever wanted to tackle a bit of She-IY without really knowing how.

Ingenious and sure to be an instant household must-have, Gaff Goddess will empower you to make those repairs and rediscover your space saving you time, money and stress in the process.

Laura de Barra is a Cork-born property portfolio developer and illustrator working in the competitive London rental market. She is a regular guest on RTE’s Today with Maura and Dáithí, and also has a regular home-hack column with thejournal.ie. Her Instagram account @lauradebarra is a gold mine of clever February 2020 repair, décor and She-IY inspiration, and her joyful passion for 9781848272620 her work will inspire even the most hesitant tenant or £14.99 : Hardback homeowner to discover they really can do it for themselves. 288 pages

4 The Lost Pianos of Siberia In search of Russia’s remarkable survivors Sophy Roberts

A lyrical, personal journey through the history of the piano in Russia reveals an unexpected musical legacy in the last place on earth you'd expect to find it.

'An elegant and nuanced journey through literature, through history, through music, murder and incarceration and revolution, through snow and ice and remoteness, to discover the human face of Siberia. I loved this book.' Paul Theroux ______

Siberia’s story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell.

Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos – grand instruments created during the boom years of the nineteenth century, and humble, Soviet-made uprights that found their way into equally modest homes. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood.

How these pianos travelled into this snow-bound wilderness in the first place is testament to noble acts of fortitude by governors, adventurers and exiles. That stately instruments might still exist in such a hostile landscape is remarkable. That they are still capable of making music in far-flung villages is nothing less than a miracle.

But this is Siberia, where people can endure the worst of the world — and where music reveals a deep humanity in the last place on earth you would expect to find it. ______February 2020 9780857524942 'A masterpiece of modern travel literature with words that sing from £16.99 : Hardback its pages. A definitive exploration of Russia's wild east.' Levison 384 pages Wood

Sophy Roberts is a British writer whose work focuses on the wild places from Papua New Guinea to the Congo. She began her career assisting the writer Jessica Mitford, and trained in journalism at Columbia University in New York. She regularly contributes to the Financial Times and the US edition of Condé Nast Traveler, among others. The Lost Pianos of Siberia is her first book.

5 My Wild and Sleepless Nights A Mother's Story Clover Stroud

From the journalist and critically acclaimed author of The Wild Other, an unflinching, beautifully written, and deeply personal book about motherhood, female identity and sexuality - for all mothers and anyone about to embark on that journey.

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'Clover Stroud is a remarkable woman, and an incredible writer.' - Bryony Gordon

‘Clover Stroud is a force of nature.’ Elizabeth Gilbert ______

Mother to five children, Clover Stroud has navigated family life across two decades, both losing and finding herself. In her touching, provocative and profoundly insightful book, she captures a sense of what motherhood really feels like – how intense, sensuous, joyful, boring, profound and dark it can be.

My Wild and Sleepless Nights examines what it means to be a mother, and reveals with unflinching honesty the many conflicting emotions that this entails: the joy and the wonder, the loneliness and despair.

Charting the course of one year, the first in her youngest child’s life, Clover searches for answers to questions that many February 2020 of us would be too afraid to admit to – not only about 9780857525901 motherhood, but also about female sexuality and identity. Her £14.99 : Hardback story will speak to all mothers, and anyone about to embark 256 pages on that journey.

Clover Stroud is a writer and journalist writing for the Daily Mail, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and Conde Nast Traveller among others. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and five children. Her first book, The Wild Other, was shortlisted for The Wainwright Prize.

6 Seven Things That Make or Break a Relationship Paul McKenna

The UK's best-known,most trusted, multi-bestelling self-help author is back with his biggest new book for a decade and a subject close to everyone's hearts.

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Do you want a happy, fulfilling relationship? Do you want to make your relationship stronger, richer and better? Do you want to live with the person of your dreams? Do you want to stop making the same mistakes over and over again? Do you want to use the proven scientific principles that make relationships work? Do you want a wonderful future with your partner?

Then let Paul McKenna help you!

Over the past thirty years, Paul McKenna PhD has worked with people facing the biggest challenges in life and some of the most successful people in the world. Now, in this new book, he is turning to one of the most important subjects of all - relationships. Drawn from decades of scientific research, the system in this book includes downloadable audio and video techniques. Everything that Paul McKenna would do in personal session with you on relationships is in this system. The powerful processes provide the answers for anyone who wishes they could make their relationships last, and wants them to get better and better. It provides practical solutions and techniques for personal change that open the way to a stronger, loving future. February 2020 Sometimes just one significant change can transform a relationship. 9781787632240 Here, you can learn all Seven Things that Make or Break a £14.99 : Trade Paperback Relationship. 272 pages

Over the past thirty years, Paul McKenna, Ph.D. has helped millions of people successfully lose weight, quit smoking, overcome insomnia, eliminate stress, and increase self-confidence. He is Britain's bestselling non-fiction author, having sold 10 million books in the last 10 years, and his TV shows and live appearances have been watched and attended by hundreds of millions of people in 42 countries around the world.

Paul has famously worked his unique brand of personal transformation with Hollywood movie stars, Olympic gold medallists, rock stars, top business achievers, and royalty. He has consistently astounded his audiences and clients by proving how small changes in people's lives can yield huge results, whether it's curing someone of a lifelong phobia, an addiction or clearing up deep-seated issues in a matter of days...

Now, it's your turn!

7 Upstream How to solve problems before they happen Dan Heath

New York Times bestselling author Dan Heath asks what happens when we take our thinking upstream and try to prevent problems before they happen.

We all have a tendency to work around problems. We are resourceful. We improvise. We’re so accustomed to managing emergencies as they strike that we often don’t stop to think about how we could prevent crises before they happen. Why 'solve' crimes when we could stop them being committed? Why treat chronic diseases when they could be prevented from developing? Why provide shelter for the homeless rather than working to keep people housed in the first place? Why do our efforts skew so heavily towards reaction rather than prevention?

The notion of preventing problems is an evergreen need in our professional and daily lives. Which makes Upstream a book for skeptical optimists - across all sectors - who know it's not going to be easy, but who believe that we have the capacity to solve some of our thorniest issues, if only we start to think about the system rather than the symptoms. Drawing on insights from Dan Heath's extensive research, as well as hundreds of new interviews with unconventional problem March 2020 solvers, he delivers practical solutions for preventing problems 9781787632745 rather than simply reacting to them. £14.99 : Trade Paperback 320 pages Dan Heath is a senior fellow at Duke University’s CASE center, which supports entrepreneurs fighting for social good. He lives in Durham, North Carolina. Dan and his brother Chip have written four New York Times bestselling books: Made to Stick, Switch, Decisive, and The Power of Moments. Their books have sold over two million copies worldwide and have been translated into thirty-three languages.

8 Lift as You Climb Women and the art of ambition Viv Groskop

A dynamic guide that tells you how to own your ambition without losing your sense of self, and how to strive for personal success while helping others along the way.

We all have difficult moments at work, times when we feel awkward, when our daily micro interactions make us uncomfortable, perhaps when we have to say no or assert ourselves in a way that makes us feel less like ourselves, less 'sisterly'.

Part self-help guide, part master class in survival skills for life and work, Lift as You Climb examines what sisterhood looks like these days, asks what you can do to make things better for other women and considers how to do that without disadvantaging yourself.

It's the ultimate confidence bible for women who want to plan a career in a fast moving world, but without leaving anyone else behind. And it addresses one of the biggest issues women face in the workplace - how to be ambitious without losing your sense of self. It must be possible, right?

Full of tips, takeaways and invaluable insights, this is everything you need to know about making life better for yourself - without making it worse for others. ______

Praise for How to Own the Room:

'I recommend Viv Groskop's How to Own the Room to anyone wanting more self confidence. Full of helpful concepts you can get your head round and embody. I'm finding it very useful.' - Philippa Perry March 2020 9781787633049 'Plenty of tips and tricks... The most valuable lesson is that, in £12.99 : Hardback Groskop's words, "You don't have to be a great speaker to give an 240 pages amazing speech."' - Style

'The ultimate guide to public speaking. Inspirational.' - Mary Portas

'Demystifies the art of talking to people and winning them round to your cause.' - The Times

'This book is going to help so many people. It's brilliant.' - Emma Gannon

'An excellent, truly useful guide to getting more women front and centre, encouraging us to take part, noisily, in public life. (The podcast is also fabulous.)' - Daisy Buchanan

Viv Groskop is a writer, stand-up comedian and TV and radio presenter. She has hosted book tours for Graham Norton and Jo Brand, is the veteran of four Edinburgh Fringe shows and fronts the cult podcasts Dear Viv and We Are Women. She has presented BBC Radio 4’s Front Row and Saturday Review and appears regularly on BBC1’s This Week. As an executive coach, she works with women across business, media and advertising, helping them to hone their authority, presence and leadership.

9 33 Meditations on Death Notes from the Wrong End of Medicine David Jarrett

33 Meditations on Death is a collection of short, profound, personal and practical reflections on every aspect of death, challenging us to change our perspective and start talking properly about the end of life.

What is a good death? How would you choose to live your last few months? How do we best care for the rising tide of very elderly?

This unusual and important book is a series of reflections on death in all its forms: the science of it, the medicine, the tragedy and the comedy. Dr David Jarrett draws on family stories and case histories from his thirty years of treating the old, demented and frail to try to find his own understanding of the end. And he writes about all the conversations that we, our parents, our children, the medical community, our government and society as a whole should be having.

Profound, provocative, strangely funny and astonishingly compelling, it is an impassioned plea that we start talking frankly and openly about death. And it is a call to arms for us to make radical changes to our perspective on ‘the seventh age of man’.

David Jarrett has been a doctor for forty years, thirty of which as an NHS consultant in geriatric and stroke medicine. He is a clinician, teacher, examiner and former medical manager with April 2020 extensive experience of frailty, death and dying and the 9780857526946 modern world’s failure to confront the realities. He has also £14.99 : Hardback worked in Canada, India, Africa and the USSR. He is married 288 pages with two children and lives in Hampshire during the week, and a few b/w graphs in London at weekends.

10 Harrier 809 Britain’s Legendary Jump Jet and the Untold Story of the Falklands War Rowland White

The untold story of the Falklands War told through the exploits of the iconic 809 Squadron

When the Falkland Islands were invaded by Argentina in April 1982, Britain’s immediate response was to send a task force. But behind the pomp and bravado of its departure, a sober reality lurked. A mere 20 Sea Harriers operating from two aircraft carriers would take on the might of the Argentine air force, some 200 planes strong. The MOD estimated that within four days and against such formidable air power, half the harriers would likely be lost.

To reinforce that meagre force, and in just three weeks, the Navy formed, trained and equipped a brand new squadron from scratch. Not since the Second World War had so much been expected of such a small band of pilots. Their home would be a container ship converted into a makeshift carrier. 809 Naval Air Squadron was born.

Other covert operations mounted by MI6 and the SAS in Latin America would provide vital intelligence to protect the task force from attack but in the vanguard of the conflict it would be the Sea Harriers of the 809 whose heroics in the South Atlantic which would become legendary.

With characteristic insider knowledge and in thrilling detail, Rowland White tells the story of those amazing exploits - the dogfights, the twenty-three kills, the deadly Exocet attacks, the ejections – demonstrating just why the Harrier is mentioned in the same breath as the Spitfire, the Lancaster and the Vulcan and is destined to join April 2020 them in the ranks of our most celebrated aeronautical achievements. 9781787631588 £20.00 Rowland White is the author of four critically acclaimed works of UK C/Wealth + EU ex Can : Hardback aviation history: Vulcan 607, Phoenix Squadron, Storm Front and Into The 320 pages Black, as well as a compendium of all things aviation, The Big Book Of Flight. His writing has appeared in a variety of national magazines and newspapers including the Guardian, Daily Mail and Esquire magazine.

Born and brought up in Cambridge, Rowland studied Modern History at Liverpool University. He has held a private pilot’s licence since 1998.

11 The Panic Years Nell Frizzell

Raw, hilarious and disarmingly honest, The Panic Years by renowned journalist Nell Frizzell, is an arm around the shoulder for every woman trying to navigate life’s big decisions against the backdrop of the mother of all questions: should I have a baby?

Read everything that Nell writes! We continuously mention her work on the High Low because she really is such a unique writer.' The High Low Podcast with Dolly Alderton and Pandora Sykes

What happens when a woman begins to ask herself: Should I have a baby?

Women go through adolescence, menopause, some have a mid-life crisis, some might even have a quarter-life crisis, but there is another time of profound change and it doesn't have a name. Nell Frizzell is calling it The Flux. For most women it happens between the ages of twenty seven and forty but it isn’t actually about age at all.

The Flux is characterised by a preoccupation with one major question: Should I have a baby? And of course with the questions that inevitably follow: Do I want a baby? How do I know? Will I ever be ready?

The Flux occurs when a woman realises that the options she's taken for granted throughout her teens and twenties are not available to her for ever. Every decision she makes in this time May 2020 will have an impact; partner, holidays, job, postcode, savings, 9781787632837 friendships - never mind your sense of self - nothing is off £12.99 : Hardback limits. 320 pages

Raw, hilarious and beguilingly honest, Nell Frizzell's account of The Panic Years is an arm around the shoulder and a call to arms. We are none of us alone in this, but we must share our experiences and those of the women around us - as Nell does - to lessen the struggle with one of life's biggest questions.

12 Taking on Gravity A Guide to Inventing the Impossible Richard Browning

An entertaining and inspiring guide to innovation from ‘Real-Life Iron Man’, Richard Browning, inventor of the world’s first jet-powered flying suit.

For readers of Adrian Newey’s How to Build a Car and Chris Hadfield’s An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth, in Taking on Gravity inventor Richard Browning tells the inspiring story behind his iconic jet suit, and shares his creative principles for generating true innovation.

From Icarus to Iron Man, the sky has always tempted and taunted mankind, daring those brave enough to reach up and conquer it. But one man has gone further than most.

Richard Browning’s story is one of ground-breaking innovation. Building an aviation business from his garage, he has invented a whole new form of personal flight, a dream previously reserved for the pages of science fiction. His iconic jet suit has captured the imaginations of billions around the world, triggered ongoing developments in technology and engineering, and inspired a new generation of creative minds to pursue their dreams.

In Taking on Gravity, Richard reveals the creative principles of his company, Gravity Industries, and shows us how grass roots innovation can disrupt established industries in exciting and unexpected ways. On this journey into the sky we’ll experience what it’s like to take flight, to test the limits of the human body, and to convert moonshot ideas into tangible results.

The Gravity story is an inspiring example of human creativity and our ceaseless desire to push the boundaries of what is possible. Where May 2020 we go next is up to you. 9781787630895 £20.00 Richard Browning is the founder of human propulsion technology start Wrld All Lan(US+CA Pend) : Hardback -up Gravity Industries Ltd, which he officially launched in March 2017 256 pages after inventing, building and patenting an ‘Iron Man-like’ flight system, the Daedalus flight suit.

A former Royal Marine reservist, Richard worked on a number of innovations and new technologies at BP before becoming involved in several start-ups, including a solar project in Kenya, lighting schools via reconditioning old car batteries.

His passion for flight and his vision for Gravity are inspired by his father, an aeronautical engineer and inventor.

13 Life Under Fire How to Build Resilience and Thrive Under Pressure Jason Fox

The ground-breaking new book from former Special Boat Services Sergeant Jason Fox, star of Channel 4’s SAS Who Dares Wins and number one bestselling author of Battle Scars.

The ground-breaking new book from former Special Boat Services Sergeant Jason Fox, star of Channel 4's SAS Who Dares Wins and number one bestselling author of Battle Scars.

‘During my military career, I dealt regularly with fear, emotional breakdown, pain in hostile environments and the horrors of war. I summoned bravery during intense gun battles and, perhaps more courageously, raised my hand for help during my darkest moment - though it took a while. The psychological techniques I developed during my time as an elite operator still serve me today, in and out of danger.’ – Jason Fox

We all face internal conflict, both at home and at work. Some pressures threaten to crush us mentally, others cause stress, anxiety and self-doubt. Whether serving in the Special Forces, rowing oceans or investigating some of the world's most notorious drug cartels, Jason Fox has overcome more than his fair share of these emotional and mental battles.

Recounting stories of the military operations and expeditions that have tested his own resolve, in Life Under Fire he shares May 2020 the tools he's developed at the cutting edge of an elite military 9781787633193 career and shows how you, too, can build the resilience and £20.00 : Hardback inner strength to overcome whatever challenges life puts in 296 pages front of you.

Jason Fox joined the Royal Marine Commandos at sixteen, serving for ten years, after which he passed the gruelling selection process for the Special Forces, serving with the Special Boat Service for over a decade and reaching the rank of Sergeant.

Today you are most likely to find him gracing our television screens and giving us a taste of action and adventure around the world.

14 God is Dead The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, Cycling's Great Wasted Talent Andy McGrath

The remarkable untold story of the mercurial cycling prodigy Frank Vandenbroucke, written by William Hill award-winning author Andy McGrath.

They called him God. For his grace on a bicycle, for his divine talent, for his heavenly looks. Frank Vandenbroucke had it all, and in the late Nineties he raced with dazzling speed and lived even faster.

The Belgian won several of cycling’s most illustrious races, including Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Paris-Nice and Ghent-Wevelgem. He was a mix of poise and panache who enthralled a generation of cycling fans. Off the bike, he only had one enemy - himself. Vandenbroucke dabbled in nocturnal party sessions mixing sleeping pills and alcohol and regularly fell out with team managers. By 1999 his team had suspended him and this proved to be the start of a long, eventful fall from grace. Depression, a drug ban, addiction, car crashes, divorce and countless court appearances subsumed his life. He threatened his wife with a gun. He tried to commit suicide twice. And when police found performance-enhancing drugs at his house, Vandenbroucke said they were for his dog.

It seemed he had finally learned from his mistakes. Then, on 12 October 2009, aged just 34, Vandenbroucke was found dead in a hotel room in Senegal. June 2020 9781787631205 Guided by exclusive contributions from his family, friends and team- £16.99 : Hardback mates, William Hill award-winning author Andy McGrath lays bare 304 pages Vandenbroucke’s chaotic, complicated life and times. God is Dead is the remarkable biography of this mercurial cycling prodigy.

Andy McGrath is the managing editor of Rouleur Magazine. Having previously worked at Cycling Weekly and Cycle Sport, he has also written on cycling for The Guardian and Financial Times. He is the co- author of Official Treasures of the Tour de France, has contributed chapters to several volumes of The Cycling Anthology, and is the author of Tom Simpson: Bird on the Wire, which won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2017.

15 I Am An Island Tamsin Calidas

Raw, visceral and haunting, this account of a woman's life on a remote island in the Outer Hebrides draws in big themes around solitude, friendship and survival, and merits comparison with The Outrun.

When Tamsin Calidas first arrives on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides, it feels like coming home. Disenchanted by London, she and her husband left the city and high-flying careers to move the 500 miles north, despite having absolutely no experience of crofting, or of island life. It was idyllic, for a while. But as the months wear on, the children she'd longed for fail to materialise, and her marriage breaks down, Tamsin finds herself in ever-increasing isolation.

Injured, ill, without money or friend she is pared right back, stripped to becoming simply a raw element of the often harsh landscape. But with that immersion in her surroundings comes the possibility of rebirth and renewal. Tamsin begins the slow journey back from the brink.

Startling, raw and extremely moving, I Am An Island is a story about the incredible ability of the natural world to provide when everything else has fallen away- a stunning book about solitude, friendship, resilience and self-discovery.

Tamsin Calidas is a writer and photographer living in the wilds of the Scottish Hebrides.

She graduated from Oxford University in 1992 with a BA Hons June 2020 and worked in various roles in advertising, publishing and the 9780857526656 BBC before giving it all up in 2004 to move from Notting Hill to a £14.99 : Hardback tiny, remote island in Scotland to run a derelict croft with sheep 304 pages and horses. Tamsin now also runs an alternative medicine practice alongside GP services.

16 Overpaid, Oversexed and Over Here How a Few Skinny Brits with Bad Teeth Rocked America David Hepworth

From the bestselling music author, this is the tale of how a few skinny Brits with bad teeth rocked America...

The Beatles landing in New York in February 1964 was the opening shot in a cultural revolution nobody predicted. Suddenly the youth of the richest, most powerful nation on earth was trying to emulate the music, manners and the modes of a rainy island that had recently fallen on hard times.

The resulting fusion of American can-do and British fuck-you didn’t just lead to rock and roll’s most resonant music. It ushered in a golden era when a generation of kids born in ration card Britain, who had grown up with their nose pressed against the window of America’s plenty, were invited to wallow in their big neighbour’s largesse.

It deals with a time when everything that was being done - from the Beatles playing Shea Stadium to the Rolling Stones at Altamont, from the Who performing their rock opera at the Metropolitan Opera House to David Bowie touching down in the USA for the first time with a couple of gowns in his luggage - was being done for the very first time.

Rock and roll would never be quite so exciting again. June 2020 David Hepworth has been writing, broadcasting and speaking 9781787632769 about music and media since the seventies. He was involved in £20.00 : Hardback the launch and editing of magazines such as Smash Hits, Q, 336 pages Mojo and The Word, among many others.

He was one of the presenters of the BBC rock music programme The Old Grey Whistle Test and one of the anchors of the corporation’s coverage of Live Aid in 1985. He has won the Editor of the Year and Writer of the Year awards from the Professional Publishers Association and the Mark Boxer award from the British Society of Magazine Editors.

He lives in London, dividing his time between writing for a variety of newspaper and magazines, speaking at events, broadcasting work, podcasting at www.wordpodcast.co.uk and blogging at www.whatsheonaboutnow.blogspot.co.uk.

17 Fat Cow, Fat Chance How I Took Control of the Battle With Obesity Jenni Murray

Speaking to every woman who has ever stepped on to the scales and worried about her weight, Jenni Murray brings the relationship between fat and feminism into the twenty- first century.

At sixty-four, Jenni Murray's weight had become a disability. She avoided the scales, she wore a uniform of baggy black clothes, refused to make connections between her weight and health issues and told herself that she was fat and happy. She was certainly fat. But the happy part was an Oscar-winning performance. In private she lived with a growing sense of fear and misery that it would probably kill her before she made it to seventy.

Interwoven with the science, social history and psychology of weight management Fat Cow, Fat Chance is a refreshingly honest account of what it’s like to be fat when society dictates that skinny is the norm. It asks why we overeat and why, when the weight is finally lost through dieting, do we simply pile the pounds back on again? How do we help young people become comfortable with the way they look? What are the consequences of the obesity epidemic for an already overstretched NHS? And, whilst fat shaming is so often called out, why is it that shouting ‘fat cow’ at a woman in the street hasn’t been included in the list of hate crimes?

Fusing politics, science and personal pain, this is a powerful June 2020 exploration of our battle with obesity. 9780857525840 £16.99 : Hardback Jenni Murray is a journalist and broadcaster who has 320 pages presented BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour since 1987. She is the author of several books, including Memoirs of a Not So Dutiful Daughter and A History of Britain in 21 Women. She lives in Barnet, North London, and the Peak District.