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A Sunday Times Book of the Week and Top 10 BestsellerA Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023A Spectator Book of the Year 2023 What kind of country is England today? What does it mean to be English? Are we hungry for change or seeking old certainties? Join Stuart Maconie on an enlightening, entertaining journey through England, from Bristol's Banksy to Durham's beaches, from Cotswolds corduroy to Stoke's oatcakes.As his guide, Maconie walks in the footsteps of J.B. Priestley's classic travelogue, English Journey, to explore our national identity and how it has evolved over the last century. On his way, Stuart takes inspiration from the people he meets at bus stops and train stations, cafes and corner shops.Travelling the length of the land, Maconie explores the differences between city and town, north and south, and examines our past and present with affection and insight. Whether he's passing the boutique hotels of Manchester, the moors of Ilkley or the grand houses of Tynemouth,
THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker-longlisted, bestselling author returns to her beloved heroine Lucy Barton in a luminous novel about love, loss, and the family secrets that can erupt and bewilder us at any point in lifeLucy Barton is a successful writer living in New York, navigating the second half of her life as a recent widow and parent to two adult daughters. A surprise encounter leads her to reconnect with William, her first husband - and longtime, on-again-off-again friend and confidante. Recalling their college years, the birth of theirdaughters, the painful dissolution of their marriage, and the lives they built with other people, Strout weaves a portrait, stunning in its subtlety, of a tender, complex, decades-long partnership.Oh William! captures the joy and sorrow of watching children grow up and start families of their own; of discovering family secrets, late in life, that alter everything we think we know about those closest to us; and
2020東京奧運男子雙人十公尺高臺跳水金牌三度BBC年度青年體育人物獎得主．全世界LGBTQ+人權擁護者「跳水王子」湯姆．戴利（Tom Daley）最坦誠深刻和鼓舞人心的回憶錄﹗2022年體育圖書獎年度自傳入圍名單．星期日泰晤士報（Sunday Times）即時暢銷書跳水王子湯姆．戴利(Tom Daley)是英國體育界最著名、最有影響力的人物之一，《1.6秒決勝奧運金牌：跳水王子湯姆．戴利的彩虹人生》（Coming Up For Air：What I Learned From Sport, Fame And Fatherhood）深刻記載了他精采、鼓舞人心的人生故事。湯姆在六歲展開跳水生涯，九歲開始就在各項比賽中嶄露頭角，擅長十公尺高臺跳水，是英國史上第一位拿過四面奧運獎牌的跳水選手。他於2012年的倫敦奧運會上，以令人難忘的表現贏得了銅牌，也贏得了全英國人民的心。2021年，在因疫情而延後一年舉行的2020東京奧運會上，他更是憑藉著努力不懈的毅力與持續突破的技巧，與搭檔馬堤．李（Matty Lee）一起勇奪男子雙人十公尺高臺跳水項目金牌，並成為英國有史以來獲得最多奧運獎牌的跳水運動員。他在場邊等待比賽和為自己國家隊選手加油時，也抓緊時間打著毛線，這個畫面於東京奧運舉辦期間在網路上瘋傳，各國網友大讚可愛。他也被譽為繼貝克漢之後，英國最帥氣的運動員，有「跳水王子」之稱。在這本充滿個人色彩的《1.6秒決勝奧運金牌》中，湯姆探討了成長經歷如何形塑他的個人特質，以及他的成功。從他在世界級比賽中培養出的韌性，到他發現自己的性取向時所展現的勇氣，這都是源自於家庭生活為他帶來的視野，以及家人給予的支持。原生家庭、同性配偶、孩子，都是他人生重要的養分。他在書中訴說自己的真實人生，讓我們得以從獨特的視角觀看這位跳水時帥氣、打毛線時萌翻世人、為了愛情勇敢出櫃、為了孩子堅毅向前的迷人運動員。這本書既坦承又具深度，湯姆分享了一個對生命的獨特觀點與正向心態。
'Moving and vital' i NEWS 'A beautiful book' EVENING STANDARD 'Deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible' DAILY MIRROR How do we give a voice to those who so often remain unheard? Will You Read This, Please? is a frank and impactful collection of twelve stories as told to our best British writers, including Tracy Chevalier and Clare Mackintosh, based on the lived experience of people who have faced mental illness in the UK.Edited by Sunday Times bestselling author Joanna Cannon, the stories told here are powerful, resonant and heart-breaking. This is a ground-breaking and unforgettable collection, shining a light on the stigma and isolation of living with mental illness, while also showing the strength and resilience of the human spirit.
'Bernie is not only a great strategist, but also a great team player and competitor' Sebastian Vettel***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** Race-winning team strategist shows how F1 really works. Welcome to Bernie Collins' world. Formula 1 drivers are the public face of Grand Prix racing but behind every driver is a team of several hundred people sharing the same passionate desire to win.On race day it's the Team Strategist who calls the shots, working under immense pressure to make split second and crucial decisions. Through her eyes and experience as a Performance Engineer and Head of Race Strategy, Bernie takes you behind the scenes of a Formula 1 team - both in the factory and at the races - to uncover what it takes to put two Formula 1 cars on the grid and go racing. How to Win a Grand Prix gives incredible insight of the entire process from design and construction, through pre-season testing, and how a team prepares for each Grand Prix.For race weekend itself, Bernie recreates
Saturday People, Sunday People is a unique portrait of Israel as seen through the eyes of a Christian who came for a visit and has stayed on for more than six years. Long fascinated by a land that has
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Fifty liturgical scholars—Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and Lutheran—have authored these intercessory prayers for each Sunday of the three year cycle to expand the resources available to local pastors. T
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"O'Brien's [is] a poetry that asks for patient attention, and gives back all the void's abundance."?Rain Taxi"Whether in a poem composed using words and phrases from the Patriot Act, a sestina with da
"O'Brien's [is] a poetry that asks for patient attention, and gives back all the void's abundance."?Rain Taxi"Whether in a poem composed using words and phrases from the Patriot Act, a sestina with da
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A Navy pilot and a terrorist group attempt to blow up a Goodyear blimp that will fly over the stadium with eighty thousand people inside, including the U.S. president, during the Super Bowl.
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St. Louis, 1975. Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church's pastor has gone on to see the King. Still, many people are wondering why he couldn't have just waited until after the Second Sunday in June-a d
2006 Iowa Poetry Prize winnerIn Sunday Houses the Sunday House, Elizabeth Hughey embraces the possibility that we can learn as much from objects as we can from other people, from the inanimate as much
