the colour of memory geoff dyer

In the race to be first in describing the lost generation of the 1980s, Geoff Dyer in The Colour of Memory leads past the winning post. We re not lost, one of his hero s friend s says, we re virtually extinct . It is a small world in Brixton that Dyer commemorates, of council flat and instant wasteland, of living on the dole and the scrounge, of mugging, which is merely begging by force, and of listening to Callas and Coltrane. It is the nostalgia of the DHSS Bohemians, the children of unsocial security, in an urban landscape of debris and wreckage. Not since Colin MacInnes s City of Spades and Absolute Beginners thirty years ago has a novel stuck a flick-knife so accurately into the young and marginal city. A low-keyed style and laconic wit touch up The Colour of Memory. The Times

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How can I improve my memory? Do my emotions affect my memories? How will my memory change as I get older?The Psychology of Memory provides a unique insight into a fundamental part of being human, debunking many common misconceptions about what memory is, how memory works, and the accuracy of our memories. It explores the complexity of human memory, looking at how we remember different types of information and the impact of issues like ageing and emotion on how we create, store, and retrieve memories. Extremes of memory from so-called photographic memory to dementia are discussed, along with ways our memory can impact our everyday lives in educational and legal settings.Treating memory as malleable, dynamic, and active, The Psychology of Memory teaches us about how our individual memories function, and how we can harness this to see memory in a new way; to use the past, our experiences and information, in service of the present and future.

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This unique and brilliant book is a history of human knowledge.Before the invention of printing, a trained memory was of vital importance. Based on a technique of impressing places and images on the mind, the ancient Greeks created an elaborate memory system which in turn was inherited by the Romans and passed into the European tradition, to be revived, in occult form, during the Renaissance.Frances Yates sheds light on Danteâ ™s Divine Comedy, the form of the Shakespearian theatre and the history of ancient architecture; The Art of Memory is an invaluable contribution to aesthetics and psychology, and to the history of philosophy, of science and of literature.

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The Colour of Time spans more than a hundred years of world history from the reign of Queen Victoria and the US Civil War to the Cuban Missile Crisis and beginning of the Space Age. It charts the rise and fall of empires, the achievements of science, industry and the arts, the tragedies of war and the politics of peace, and the lives of men and women who made history. The book is a collaboration between a gifted Brazilian artist and a leading British historian. Marina Amaral has created 200 stunning images, using contemporary photographs as the basis for her full-colour digital renditions. Dan Jones has written a narrative that anchors each image in its context, and weaves them into a vivid account of the world that we live in today. A fusion of amazing pictures and well-chosen words, The Colour of Time offers a unique â “ and often beautiful â “ perspective on the past. This compact edition of The Colour of Time makes the perfect gift for anyone (and not just anyone interested in history).

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The Site of Memory describes Toni Morrisonâ ™s work of literary archaeology. She offers insights into how she arrives at a text through the act of imagination, which is bound up with memory. Showing how she explores two worlds, the actual and the possible, she follows the journey of an image from picture to meaning to text via the nimbus of emotion surrounding it.Exploring the radical possibilities of literature and the limits of history, Morrison finds a truth deeper than documentation in the silences and omissions in African American narratives of the past. Fiction, for Morrison, is a practice of ethical restoration: a means to recover what history has neglected through the â ˜floodingâ ™ of a rush of imagination. In The Site of Memory, ancestral presence, emotion and imagination converge.If writing is thinking and discovery and selection and order and meaning, it is also awe and reverence and mystery and magic.

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The book of you is dominated by night-black seas, sprinkled with shining island sentences: tiny islets of remembrance, glimmering in the night. Memory isn t all that we think it is. Each time we revisit even our most deeply ingrained memories, they can soften and consolidate, distorted. Yet they also carry within them the blueprint of each person s unique style. From episodic memories like shining islands in dark water, and forgotten memories that underpin our personalities, to the memories authored by others that we carry within us, Rowlands explores our negotiations with the past and how memory makes us who we are. Drawing on the latest neurological and psychological research and on a range of writers and thinkers, The Book of Memory is a mesmerising journey into how memories are made, lost and remembered, with important consequences for how we understand ourselves.

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The Colour of Ireland: County by County 1860-1960 is a photographic celebration of the history, culture, people and places that make up a century of life in Ireland. Covering all 32 counties, this beautiful, meticulously researched collection takes a past only ever viewed before in black and white and - in glorious colour - breathes fresh energy and emotion into it.With close to 200 colourised photographs set alongside their black and white counterparts, here is a world seen for the first time: a treasure trove to fire the imagination and reignite our connection to the past as it was actually lived. From the thatched cottages of Meath to the libraries of Trinity College, from 1920s sunseekers in Dun Laoghaire to women spinning and carding wool in County Mayo, all of Ireland is vividly brought to life. Along with key moments from the Irish War of Independence and the turbulent history of the 32 counties, these images capture rural landscapes, villages, towns and cities. Endlessly, uniquely fascinating, The Colour of Ireland offers a wealth of perspectives on the bygone ages of an ever-changing land.

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Under a sky the colour of extinctionyou choose your own conclusion.The Earth might have already done so⠦and ten thousand years of civilisationwill shrink to an unrepeated moment.The Colour of Extinction is a collection for our times: taking all of nature into its focus, these carefully crafted lines leave the reader mulling over our interaction with ⠓ and overuse of ⠓ the natural world.Split into four strands, focusing on the climate crisis, birds, Australia and the melting polar caps, The Colour of Extinction forces us to confront the possible futures of the planet that we are destroying yet are so reliant on.

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NAMED AS ONE OF THE BBC S 100 MOST INSPIRING NOVELS It was octarine, the colour of magic. It was alive and glowing and vibrant and it was the undisputed pigment of the imagination . . . Somewhere between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a magical world not totally unlike our own. Except for the fact that it travels through space on the shoulders of four giant elephants who in turn stand on the shell of an astronomically huge star turtle, of course.Rincewind is the world s worst wizard who has just been handed a very important job: to look after the world s first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land. Unfortunately, their journey across the Disc includes facing robbers, monsters, mercenaries, and Death himself.And the whole thing s just a game of the gods that might send them over the edge . . . If you ve never read a Discworld novel, what s the matter with you? Guardian Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own The TimesThe Colour of Magic is the first book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

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Waterstones Scottish Childrenâ ™s Book of the MonthYears ago, the Emperor used dark magic to steal all the colour from the world. Now he keeps it for himself, enjoying its life-giving power while everyone else must exist in cold shades of grey. That is, until a miracle baby is born â “ everything she touches turns to colour. But the childâ ™s life is in danger from her very first breath. Soon the Emperorâ ™s murderous Ripper Dogs and Black Coats come hunting. Can the girl and her adopted father survive in the forest â “ and what will it take to return colour and hope to the world?

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Compassionate and hopeful - Pragya Agarwal, author of Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias This beautiful curation will be a catalyst to our healing and emancipation - Seyi Akiwowo, author of How to Stay Safe Online: A Digital Self-Care Toolkit for Developing Resilience and AllyshipA compelling collection of stories, essays, poetry and art that shines a light on the experiences of mental health for people of colour, bringing solace and connection to those with similar stories. A tool for education and advocacy, The Colour of Madness offers a space for those who have been excluded from mainstream health narratives.For those past and present who were not able to tell their stories.For those who told their stories but were not heard.For those who are steeling themselves, waiting for their moment to speak.A moving tribute to all who have suffered in a prejudiced system, this anthology is both an urgent call for change and a vibrant beacon of hope, compiled by Dr Samara Linton and Dr Rianna Walcott. A body of work we should revisit again and again. - K Bailey Obazee, PRIM â ˜A seminal body of workâ ™ - Melissa Cummings-Quarry, co-author of Grown: The Black Girl s Guide to Glowing Up

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Lee Lawrence was just eleven when his mother, Cherry Groce, was shot by police during a raid on the family s south London home. It was an event that would spark a violent uprising and dominate his life for the next 30 years as he fought for justice and for the police to admit their wrongdoing.Along the way, Lee came across dozens of other cases, past and present, which made it clear that the racial prejudice and bias which resulted in his mother s shooting had been in place for many decades, impacting the lives of thousands of innocent people .Through a deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Lee Lawrence seamlessly combines historical fact with his dramatic first-hand experiences of racial injustice to present vivid stories - from the Somali sailor who was wrongly convicted of murder in Cardiff in 1952 to the assault on professional footballer Dalian Atkinson and from the hounding of Notting Hill s Mangrove Club to Black Lives Matter - that chronicle how Britain s Black community has been mistreated.Though there remains much work to be done, Lee Lawrence is also an inspiring guide who highlights the many positive changes that have taken place and outlines those still needing to be enacted. Against the backdrop of the hard-learned lessons of years gone by, The Colour of Injustice also lays the foundation for a pathway to the future to move towards a truly anti-racist society.

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The Colour of Rain is Susan Uttingâ ™s fifth full collection, following her New and Selected, Half the Human Race. Here she demonstrates a new-found intimacy with the natural world, a closeness that leads her to become part of it. She â ˜becomesâ ™ a Willow Sister, joins an avenue of poplars, has conversations with bees. And while nature is joyfully celebrated, poems also lament its losses: felled trees. disappearing species, Rachel Carsonâ ™s all too present â ˜Silent Springâ ™.The poetâ ™s trademark musicality and dancing rhythms are in evidence throughout the collectionâ ™s four sections. Her fascination with language, its sounds and resonances, demonstrate reviewer Philip Grossâ ™s comment that â ˜Utting unashamedly loves language, and it seems to love her back.â ™

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After five happy years, Meggie, her father Mo and the fire-eater Dustfinger, along with a host of new friends, feel safe and settled. But arch-villain Orpheus has found an unexpected way to wreak his revenge on the Inkworld! He has corrupted an artist to create bewitched portraits that will see the heroes fade to grey – Dustfinger, his brave stepson, Jehan, and his enigmatic friend Lilia, must come together to find a way to save them all! This is the Colour of Revenge . . .

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A fascinating and insightful meditation on the act of memory as a built reality. â “ Daniel Libeskind, architectAn extraordinary book that explores the art, architecture, and design of memorials around the world from the late twentieth century to today â “ an important book for our timeMemorials hold a special position in the cultural memory of communities, and collective consciousness of communities, cities, and countries. In Memory Of presents an extraordinary and moving collection of more than 60 exceptional structures commemorating some of the most destructive events of the 20th and 21st centuries, including war, genocide, terrorism, famine, and slavery from around the world.This important book highlights memorials built since 1982, featuring works from Berlin to Washington, D.C., from Montgomery, Alabama to Santiago, Chile, each urging us never to forget.In Memory Of features memorials designed by some of today s leading architects, including David Adjaye, Tadao Ando, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Peter Eisenman, Daniel Libeskind, Maya Lin, Snøhetta, and Peter Zumthor. It also features memorials designed by artists like Elmgreen Dragset, Isamu Noguchi, Taryn Simon, and Rachel Whiteread. The book includes well-known structures like Maya Lin s iconic Vietnam War Memorial, completed in 1982 in Washington, D.C. and more recent ones like the poignant National Memorial for Peace and Justice, completed by MASS Design Group in Montgomery, Alabama in 2018.With thoughtful essays on the subjects of hope, strength, grief, loss, and fear, and a moving foreword by Sir David Adjaye, In Memory Of helps to contextualize the projects and addresses the emotional aspects of memorialization. Beautifully designed with a minimal, reflective cover, and illustrated with 200 photographs, this book calls out to be experienced, felt, looked at, interpreted, and read in a variety of ways.Â

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Kniha - 274 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná A compelling speculative mystery by one of Japan’s greatest writers. Hat, ribbon, bird, rose. To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown in the river or handed over to the Memory Police. Soon enough, the island forgets it ever existed. When a young novelist discovers that her editor is in danger of being taken away by the Memory Police, she desperately wants to save him. For some reason, he doesn’t forget, and it’s becoming increasingly difficult for him to hide his memories. Who knows what will vanish next? The Memory Police is a beautiful, haunting and provocative fable about the power of memory and the trauma of loss, from one of Japan’s greatest writers.

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A darkly twisted detective ghost tale, from the winner of the Guardian Children s Book Prize.Davie travels his small town in search of a supposed murderer. But the landscape soon starts to blur into something dark and twisted. He must make sense of the landscape, if he has any chance of finding answers. The people he encounters on his travels don t seem entirely real either. Then he meets the victim of the murder ... but, is he dead, or alive?

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In the beginning there was...a turtle.Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different.Particularly as it s carried though space on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown). It plays by different rules.But then, some things are the same everywhere. The Disc s very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight: the world s first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land.Unfortunately, the person charged with maintaining that survival in the face of robbers, mercenaries and, well, Death, is a spectacularly inept wizard...

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On a world supported on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown), a gleeful, explosive, wickedly eccentric expedition sets out. There s an avaricious but inept wizard, a naive tourist whose luggage moves on hundreds of dear little legs, dragons who only exist if you believe in them, and of course THE EDGE of the planet...

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At the age of twenty-three, Ayesha removed her face veil to begin her studies in New York City. Braiding together Western, South Asian and Qur anic storytelling styles, the author illuminates what it means to exist in a world that demands something different from each of her identities. With lyrical prose and scholarly precision, she weaves her personal experiences with incisive social commentary to uncover the meaning of faith and belonging, love and betrayal, family and womanhood. In so doing, she offers us a vision of freedom that isn t measured in fabric.

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Imagine a flat world, sitting on the backs of four elephants, who hurtle through space balanced on a giant turtle. The Discworld is a place (and a time) parallel to our own - but also very different. That is the setting for Terry Pratchett s phenomenally successful Discworld series, which now celebrates its 25th anniversary...

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How do you solve a mystery when you canâ ™t understand the clues?â ™A rich tapestryâ ¦ distinctive and compellingâ ™ Observerâ ™A stunning whodunnitâ ™ Mail on Sundayâ ˜A beautiful, original novel, at once funny and tragic and braveâ ™ Sarah PinboroughThere are three things you need to know about Jasper.1. He sees the world completely differently.2. He canâ ™t recognise faces â “ not even his own.3. He is the only witness to the murder of his neighbour, Bee Larkham.But uncovering the truth about that night will change his world foreverâ ¦An extraordinary and compelling debut which will make you see the world in a way youâ ™ve never seen it before

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After five happy years, Meggie, Mo and Dustfinger feel safe and settled. But arch-villain Orpheus has found an unexpected way to wreakhis revenge on the Inkworld! He has corrupted an artist to createbewitched portraits that will see the heroes fade to grey. Dustfinger, and his new friends, must come together to find a wayto save them all!

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Why do we remember events from our childhood as if they happened yesterday, but not what we did last week? Why does our memory seem to work well sometimes and not others? What happens when it goes wrong? Can memory be improved or manipulated, by psychological techniques or even brain implants ? How does memory grow and change as we age? And what of so-called recovered memories? This book brings together the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, and weaves in case-studies, anecdotes, and even literature and philosophy, to address these and many other important questions about the science of memory - how it works, and why we can t live without it. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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An enchanting tale of the power of memory and the nourishing magic of gardens from the USA TODAY bestselling author of the “sparkling, witty” (Katie Crouch, New York Times bestselling author) How to Eat a Cupcake. Lucy Barnes is a gardener with an uncanny ability to know exactly which scent among her flowers will illuminate to a person a key from their past that might change their future. Sadly, after a tragedy ten years ago, she no longer uses her gift and has fled her hometown. But six months after her mother’s death, Lucy awakens to find her mother’s unmistakable scent drifting over her, and she knows that she is being called home. And when a mysterious note leads her to take a job as the gardener at the Oceanview Home, a senior-living residence, Lucy finds herself wondering if there is more to her gift—and her mother’s past—than she ever knew. Her work among the lush gardens of Oceanview Home soon awakens the entire community, unearthing memories that will forever change all who cross Lucy’s path. But not everyone is happy to see how her presence has transformed the Oceanview Home, and when a secret comes to light that threatens to shatter the entire community, the future suddenly looks uncertain. Have the memories that Lucy has unearthed awakened something wonderful…or are some memories better left buried?

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â ˜Moore writes in lush, enveloping prose. She turns what could have been just another second-chance romance tale into something more enticing, touching on the pull of memory and the importance of what is passed onâ ™ The Times â ˜SUCH a treat! Glorious, glamorous and transporting: the British answer to Taylor Jenkins Reidâ ™ Lucy Foley â ˜Totally enchantingâ ¦romantic and aspirational. Youâ ™ll be captivatedâ ™ Adele Parks River of Stars is wholly involving with a rich, emotional depth. I loved it so much. Georgina Moore is the heir to the late great Maeve Binchyâ ™ Jennie Godfrey ***** Jo hasnâ ™t seen Oliver since that magical, life-changing summer when their idyllic island paradise was shattered. Growing up on Walnut Tree Island, they were everything to each other, defying a feud that fractured their families decades before. If first love runs deep, Jo and Oliverâ ™s ran like the river itself, fast and true. On Walnut Tree Island, love affairs and secrets come and go like the tides. Once the pulse of a flourishing 1960s music scene, itâ ™s where Mary Star fell in love with a young musician about to hit the big time, only to be left with a baby and a broken heart. Mary has made the island a haven for two generations of Star women, raising her daughter and her granddaughter, surrounded by the river, supported by a bohemian, artistic community. But Oliverâ ™s return to the island after years away throws everyone into a frenzy. The threat of change is coming to paradise. And for Jo, Oliverâ ™s return opens the wounds of a love she thought she had lost for everâ ¦ Beautifully written, featuring a cast of magnetic characters, River of Stars is the captivating new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Georgina Moore. ***** Praise for River of Stars Utterly enchanting, and with richly drawn characters, this is the perfect summer read Heat Full of rich characters and an enchanting setting, this is a gorgeous read Fabulous Utterly enchanting and rich in character, River of Stars is perfect summer reading Bella â ˜A completely transporting summer read Stylist An epic saga full of characters that will stay with you The Sun â ˜a beautifully written story â ¦ truly wonderful characters. With a love story at its core, itâ ™s an absolute winner!â ™ Santa Montefiore â ˜Itâ ™s a dream. Romantic, sexy, bittersweetâ ™ Patrick Gale River of Stars will sweep you up in a glorious tide of music and art and romance and hold you in its spell till the very last page. A gorgeously escapist treat, I loved it Louise Candlish â ˜Gorgeous. A hugely rich and rewarding readâ ¦ the perfect summer escapeâ ™ Emma Stonex â ˜Like the best kind of music, powering your soul and making your heart swell. I loved everything about it â “ magicalâ ™ Lucy Vine â ˜Each chapter is a song, and Georgina Mooreâ ™s storytelling will seduce you as surely as the night time melodies of her Walnut Tree Islandâ ™ Tiffany Murray â ˜So seductive, and fiercely charming, and your brilliant sense of place â “ such beguiling settingsâ ™ Fran Littlewood â ˜A tangle of glamourous chaos in a gorgeous settingâ ¦A wonderfully escapist emotional rollercoaster to get truly lost inâ ™ Veronica Henry â ˜Beautifully written and wonderfully escapist â “ you wonâ ™t want to leave this island. But the best part is the gorgeous romance at its core. Jo and Oliver have my whole heart Becky Hunter

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HBO s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A CLASH OF KINGS is the second volume in the series. Throughout Westeros, the cold winds are rising. From the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding lands of Winterfell, chaos reigns as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms stake their claims through tempest, turmoil and war. As a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky - a comet the colour of blood and flame - five factions struggle for control of a divided land. Brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. Against a backdrop of incest, fratricide, alchemy and murder, the price of glory is measured in blood.

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HBOâ ™s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martinâ ™s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A CLASH OF KINGS is the second volume in the series.â ˜Nobody does fantasy quite like Martinâ ™ Sunday TimesThroughout Westeros, the cold winds are rising.From the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding lands of Winterfell, chaos reigns as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms stake their claims through tempest, turmoil and war.As a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky â “ a comet the colour of blood and flame â “ five factions struggle for control of a divided land. Brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night.Against a backdrop of incest, fratricide, alchemy and murder, the price of glory is measured in blood.

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Everything Handmaids wear is red: the colour of blood, which defines us. Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships. She serves in the household of the Commander and his wife, and under the new social order she has only one purpose: once a month, she must lie on her back and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, ecause in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if they are fertile. But Offred remembers the years before Gilead, when she was an independent woman who had a job, a family, and a name of her own. Now, her memories and her will to survive are acts of rebellion. The Handmaid s Tale and its iconic images - the red of the Handmaids, the blue of the Wives, the looming ileadean Eye - have been adapted into a film, an opera, a ballet, and multi-award-winning TV series. This groundbreaking new graphic novel edition, adapted and featuring arresting artwork by Renée Nault, is destined to become a classic in its own right.

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Elegant, mature and richly atmospheric, a bittersweet love story glimpsed through the veil of memory The love child of Normal People and Brideshead Revisited... Sublime and elegiac Francesca Reece [A] heady mix of hope and nostalgia, of desire and regret, of new love and lost love Sunday TimesThora, August and Hugo come from different worlds. One is an art school dreamer, one a wealthy scion of the old-world elite, and one an ordinary boy from out of town.But over the course of two sky-blue summers in Stockholm, they are drawn together magnetically. Years later, Hugo is long estranged from Thora and August when their daughter knocks on his door. She has questions about her parents which she believes Hugo can answer - and the memories of those luminous days of youth come flooding back.Modern yet timeless, poignant and euphoric, The Trio is a novel about the path not taken, the people we might have become, and the relationships which shape and haunt us long after they come to a close. Remarkably assured... Sharp, vividly imagined and affecting, [it] intrigues and captivates Irish Times An international success before even being published, The Trio is a novel that stands well above the hype...Elegiac, bittersweet, [with] the golden shimmer of nostalgia Gefle Dagblad

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A man travels to Lisbon ahead of his wife to prepare their newly purchased home, while she stays in New York to oversee a research project on the neuroscience of memory and fear. Leaving behind a phase of their relationship indelibly marked by 9/11, he revels in the Portuguese capital s temperate weather and the neighbourhood s calm, meticulously planning the details of their future. Yet beneath the peace and quiet of this routine, he feels a growing unease he can t explain. Is it the similarity between the two cities, and the two apartments? A mysterious threat waiting in the wings? A brilliant, deceptively simple novel of psychological suspense, YOUR STEPS ON THE STAIRS explores how our emotions and memories shape our perception of reality. With his subtle, masterful style, Antonio Munoz Molina lays bare the fragility of the stories we so carefully craft about ourselves.

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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTTHE NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2025THE NEW YORK TIMES ⠜The Best Historical Fiction Novels to Read Right Now⠝PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 2025 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR⠘A novel of epic scope that resonates powerfully while wars of tragic loss continue to be fought on multiple fronts, including in Europe. Daanje exhibits brilliant powers of reconstitution in her descriptions of the war⠙s aftermath and the blighted landscapes that it left behind.⠙ Tobias Grey in The Financial TimesAn extraordinary love story and a captivating novel about the power of memory and imagination. Flanders 1922. After serving as a soldier in the Great War, Noon Merckem has lost his memory and lives in a psychiatric asylum. Countless women, responding to a newspaper ad, visit him there in the hope of finding their spouse who vanished in battle. One day a woman, Julienne, appears and recognises Noon as her husband, the photographer Amand Coppens, and takes him home against medical advice. But their miraculous reunion doesn⠙t turn out the way that Julienne wants her envious friends to believe. Only gradually do the two grow close, and Amand⠙s biography is pieced together on the basis of Julienne⠙s stories about him. But how can he be certain that she⠙s telling the truth?In The Remembered Soldier, Anjet Daanje immerses us in the psyche of a war-traumatised man who has lost his identity. When Amand comes to doubt Julienne⠙s word, the reader is caught up in a riveting spiral of confusion that only the greatest works of literature can achieve.

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Have you ever wanted to write a novel or short story but didn t know where to start? If so, this is the book for you. It s the book for anyone, in fact, who wants to write to their full potential. Practical and jargon-free, rejecting prescriptive templates and formulae, it s a storehouse of ideas and advice on a range of relevant subjects, from boosting self-motivation and confidence to approaching agents and publishers. Drawing on the authors extensive experience as successful writers and inspiring teachers, it will guide you through such essentials as the interplay of memory and imagination; plotting your story; the creation of convincing characters; the uses of description; the pleasures and pitfalls of research; and the editing process. The book s primary aim is simple: to help its readers to become better writers.

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**WINNER OF THE 2019 MOORE PRIZE ****THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**â ˜A riveting account of the multiple outrages of the criminal justice system of Alabama. A harrowing masterpieceâ ™ Guardianâ ˜Hinton somehow navigates through his rage and despair to a state of forgiveness and graceâ ™ IndependentAt age 29, Anthony Ray Hinton was wrongfully charged with robbery and murder, and sentenced to death by electrocution for crimes he didnâ ™t commit. The only thing he had in common with the perpetrator was the colour of his skin.Anthony spent the next 28 years of his life on death row, watching fellow inmates march to their deaths, knowing he would follow soon. Hintonâ ™s incredible story reveals the injustices and inherent racism of the American legal system, but it is also testament to the hope and humanity in us all.â ˜You will be swept away in this unbelievable, dramatic true storyâ ™ Oprah Winfrey

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One woman⠙s investigation into the nature of memory, the past, and above all, love. All families have their myths and Juliet Nicolson⠙s was no different: her flamenco dancing great-great-grandmother Pepita, the flirty manipulation of her great-grandmother Victoria, the infamous eccentricity of her grandmother Vita, her mother⠙s Tory-conventional background. A House Full of Daughters takes us through seven generations of women. In the nineteenth-century slums of Malaga, the salons of fin-de-siècle Washington DC, an English boarding school during the Second World War, Chelsea in the 1960s, these women emerge for Juliet as people in their own right, but also as part of who she is and where she has come from

Objev podobné jako A House Full of Daughters - Juliet Nicolson

WINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTIONPlayful and poignant . . . will be enjoyed by readers of the best dog tales, such asThe Art of Racing in the Rain, for its ability to evoke both the aggravation and deep love that dogs foster.BookPageIn this poignant, funny, and disarmingly honest memoir, one of the worlds most beloved storytellers, the number one New York Times bestselling author of The Book Thief, tells of his familys adoption of three troublesome rescue dogsa charming and courageous love story about making even the most incorrigible animals family.Theres a madman dog beside me, and the hounds of memory ahead of us . . .Its love and beasts and wild mistakes, and regret, but never to change things.What happens when the Zusak family opens their home to three big, wild, street-hardened dogsReuben, more wolf than hound; Archer, blond, beautiful, destructive; and the rancorously smiling Frosty, who walks like a rolling thunderstorm?The answer can only be chaos: There are street fights, park fights, public shamings, property damages, injuries, hospital visits, wellness checks, pure comedy, shocking tragedy, and carnage that must be read to be believed.There is a reckoning of shortcomings and failure, a strengthening of will, but most important of all, an explosion of loveand the joy and recognition of family.Three Wild Dogs (and the Truth) is a tender, motley, and exquisitely written memoir about the human need for both connection and disorder, a love letter to the animals who bring hilarity and beautybut also the visceral truth of the natural worldstraight to our doors and into our lives and change us forever.

Objev podobné jako Three Wild Dogs (and the truth) - Markus Zusak

I ve been following her for the past few days.I know where she buys her groceries, where she has her dry cleaning done, where she works. I don t know the colour of her eyes or what they look like when they re scared. But I will.Mia Dennett can t resist a one-night stand with the enigmatic stranger she meets in a bar. But going home with him might turn out to be the worst mistake of Mia s life⠦___⠘A TWISTY ROLLERCOASTER RIDE⠙ Lisa Gardner⠘A TREMENDOUS READ⠙ The SunThe compulsive debut from New York Times bestseller Mary Kubica reveals how, even in the perfect family, nothing is as it seems⠦Now optioned for a major movie by the company behind Being John Malkovich and the TV series True Detective.___Readers LOVE Mary Kubica:⠘One of the very best thrillers I⠙ve read ⠓ ever.⠙⠘Kept me guessing the whole way through. Sheer genius.⠙⠘Messed with my mind (in a good way). I want more!⠙⠘Totally riveting and all-consuming⠙⠘The ending is a real twist of the knife ⠓ it doesn⠙t get much better than this.⠙⠘A very fast paced story which keeps you guessing till the end and what a twist!⠙⠘Omg! This is one of the best books that I have ever read! Great thriller, love it!⠙

Objev podobné jako The Good Girl - Mary Kubica

Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. Lips the colour of blood, the sun an unprecedented orange, train wheels that sound like guilt, and guilt, and guilt : these are just some of the things Mary Ventura begins to notice on her journey to the ninth kingdom. But what is the ninth kingdom? she asks a kind-seeming lady in her carriage. It is the kingdom of the frozen will, comes the reply. There is no going back. Sylvia Plath s strange, dark tale of independence over infanticide, written not long after she herself left home, grapples with mortality in motion. Bringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.

Objev podobné jako Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom - Sylvia Plathová

Considered by many to be the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate⠙s defining work, The Years is a narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions past and present, cultural habits, language, photos, books, songs, radio, television, advertising and news headlines. Annie Ernaux invents a form that is subjective and impersonal, private and collective, and a new genre ⠓ the collective autobiography ⠓ in order to capture the passing of time. At the confluence of autofiction and sociology, The Years is ⠘a Remembrance of Things Past for our age of media domination and consumerism⠙ (New York Times), a monumental account of twentieth-century French history as refracted through the life of one woman.

Objev podobné jako The Years - Annie Ernaux

Considered by many to be the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate⠙s defining work, The Years is a narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions past and present, cultural habits, language, photos, books, songs, radio, television, advertising and news headlines. Annie Ernaux invents a form that is subjective and impersonal, private and collective, and a new genre ⠓ the collective autobiography ⠓ in order to capture the passing of time. At the confluence of autofiction and sociology, The Years is ⠘a Remembrance of Things Past for our age of media domination and consumerism⠙ (New York Times), a monumental account of twentieth-century French history as refracted through the life of one woman.

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LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA 2025 ILP JOHN CREASEY FIRST NOVEL DAGGER AWARD Gripping... thrilling DAILY MAIL Dazzling LIVING NORTH A superb debut, playing cleverly with the concepts of memory and loss GUY MORPUSS, author of FIVE MINDSGenius. Maverick. Monster.â ˜A place free of judgementâ ¦ for a life free of painâ ™Since his beloved wife died, Arthur has lost all hope. He doesn t care about his high-powered job, his increasingly distressed mother, his future... Even his therapist cannot help him with his grief. In desperation, his mother seeks out the only person who can: Dr Elizabeth Codelle.Controversial genius, Dr Codelle runs the worldâ ™s most exclusive clinic. Eye-wateringly expensive, the clinic is located on a small private island and takes only one patient at a time - but it gets results. Codelle doesnâ ™t just treat her clients, she claims to entirely cure them. And she is insistent that Arthur must stay on the island until he is all better.Whatever that takes.A hugely original, clever and thought-provoking thriller about one woman s vision and just how far you might go to cure grief.A Northern Life Book Club pick Will stay with you long after the last page ADAM HAMDY

Objev podobné jako The Grief Doctor - Anderson Jack

Each essay here captures a piece of Polley s life as she remembers it, while at the same time examining the fallibility of memory and the embodied reactions of children and women adapting and surviving. The guiding light is the possibility of experiencing the past anew, as the person she is now. In this extraordinary book, Polley explores what it is to live in one s body, in a constant state of becoming, learning, and changing. As she was advised after a catastrophic injury to her head - if we relinquish our protective crouch and run towards the danger, then life can be reset, reshaped and lived afresh.

Objev podobné jako Run Towards The Danger - Sarah Polley

A collection of the year’s best essays, selected by Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Wesley Morris and series editor Kim Dana Kupperman.“Imparting some piece of yourself—any part—is arduous and warrants some kind of commendation,” writes guest editor Wesley Morris in his introduction. Both personal and personable, the essayists in this volume use their own vulnerability to guide readers on excursions that unfold on uncomfortable edges. From contemplating the nuances of memory to exploring the complexities of family, romance, gender identity, illness, and death, Morris’s selection of essays presents a roundup of the thinkers who masterfully grapple with the issues of our time.The Best American Essays 2024 includes TEJU COLE • MICHAEL W. CLUNE • YIYUN LI • JAMES McAULEY • RÉMY NGAMIJE • JENNIFER SENIOR • SALLIE TISDALE • JERALD WALKER • JENISHA WATTS and others

Objev podobné jako The Best American Essays 2024 - Kim Dana Kupperman, Wesley Morris

Shows girlhood as it really was: brutal and tender, intimate and lonely, magical and utterly gross Anna Beecher Sensual and dirty, absurdist and tragic. Abreu s talent is thrilling to witness Irish TimesStuck in a working-class neighbourhood, high up among Tenerife s volcanoes, a ten-year-old girl dreams of hitching a ride to the faraway beach.Instead she hangs out with her best friend, Isora. She likes everything about Isora. From the colour of her arms and her hair and her eyes to the way she writes the letter g with a huge tail. But she envies her too. Envies her grits and gut; her periods and her pubes; the way she is growing up at full tilt without her.As the summer goes on and the heat becomes ever more oppressive, friendship simmers into obsession, desire into intimate violence. The sentences blast off the pages. Hilarious, devastating and brilliantly attuned to the erotics of friendship Jamel Brinkley As sultry as the summer weather. Abreu beautifully evokes an era, in which Pokémon and Bratz dolls give way to sexual discovery GuardianTranslated by Julia Sanches.

Objev podobné jako Dogs of Summer - Andrea Abreu

Danger is desperately seductive. Aud Torvingen is a rangy six-footer with eyes the colour of cement and a tendency to hurt people who get in her way. Born in Norway, she now lives in the sticky heat of Atlanta-a security consultant gliding between the city s elegant elite and its sleazy underbelly. One night during a thunderstorm Aud collides with a running woman, and to survive the deadly mix of forgery, drugs, and murder that follows, she must risk losing herself to that cool blue place where violence is bliss.

Objev podobné jako The Blue Place - Nicola Griffith

Down in the dumps, Ember trudged back to the farmhouse feeling judged and full of despair. Why does everyone think I m a fox? The colour of our hair is all we share. Join Ember on her farmyard adventure as she tries to make new friends... #BeCuriousNotJudgemental

Objev podobné jako EMBER THE FOX-RED FARM PUP - Ian Robinson

In this endlessly stimulating investigation into things coming to an end, artists last works, time running out , Geoff Dyer sets his own encounter with late middle age against the last days and last achievements of writers, painters, athletes and musicians who ve mattered to him throughout his life. He examines Friedrich Nietzsche s breakdown in Turin, Bob Dylan s reinventions of old songs, Beethoven s final quartets, Jean Rhys s return from the dead (while still alive) and much more.

Objev podobné jako The Last Days of Roger Federer - Geoff Dyer

Great photographs change the way we see the world. The Ongoing Moment changes the way we look at both. With characteristic perversity and trademark originality, The Ongoing Moment is Dyer s unique and idiosyncratic history of photography. Seeking to identify their signature styles Dyer looks at the ways canonical figures such as Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Kertesz, Dorothea Lange, Diane Arbus and William Eggleston have photographed the same scenes and objects (benches, hats, hands, roads). In doing so Dyer constructs a narrative in which those photographers, many of whom never met in their lives, constantly come into contact with each other. It is the most ambitious example to date of a form of writing that Dyer has made his own: the non-fiction work of art.

Objev podobné jako The Ongoing Moment - Geoff Dyer

Sitting down to write a book about his hero D.H. Lawrence, Geoff Dyer finds himself compelled to write about anything else. He is in fact compelled to do more or less anything else instead of write. In Sicily he is too preoccupied by his hatred of seafood to follow the great writer s footsteps; in Mexico he cannot get beyond a drug-induced erotic fantasy on a nudist beach . . . And yet, incredibly, this attempt to write a sober academic study reveals the hold Lawrence and his work still exert on us today. Out of Sheer Rage is a complete one-off, a richly comic study of the combination of bad temper, procrastination and the uncanny power of obliquity.

Objev podobné jako Out of Sheer Rage - Geoff Dyer

In November 2011, Geoff Dyer fulfilled a childhood dream of spending time on an aircraft carrier. Dyer s stay on the USS George Bush, on active service in the Arabian Gulf, proved even more intense, memorable, and frequently hilarious, than he could ever have hoped. In Dyer s hands, the warship becomes a microcosm for a stocktaking of modern Western life: religion, drugs, chauvinism, farting, gyms, steaks, prayer, parental death, relationships and how to have a beach party with 5000 people on a giant floating hunk of steel. Piercingly perceptive and gloriously funny, this is a unique book about work, war and entering other worlds.

Objev podobné jako Another Great Day at Sea - Geoff Dyer