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  Ernest Hemingway

  Geoffrey Giuliano

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  Ernest Hemingway was one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, a novelist, journalist, and adventurer whose distinctive prose style transformed modern literature. Known for his concise language, vivid realism, and powerful storytelling, he became one of the defining literary voices of his generation. 
   
  Born in Illinois in 1899, Hemingway began his career as a newspaper reporter before serving as an ambulance driver during the First World War. His experiences in war, travel, journalism, and the outdoors would provide material for many of his greatest works. During the 1920s, he emerged as a leading member of the expatriate literary community in Paris, helping shape a new era of American writing. His major works include The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Old Man and the Sea. These books earned both critical acclaim and worldwide popularity, culminating in the Nobel Prize in Literature. 
   
  This biography traces Hemingway's remarkable journey from young journalist to literary giant. Drawing upon letters, memoirs, historical records, and contemporary accounts, it explores his life, travels, achievements, personal struggles, and enduring legacy. More than sixty years after his death, Ernest Hemingway remains one of the most widely read and influential authors in modern literary history.

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  Timeless - The Art of...

  Maye Musk

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  NARRATED BY THE AUTHOR 
  From Maye Musk, the international supermodel, bestselling author, and mother of visionary Elon Musk, comes an empowering, intimate, and inspiring exploration of reinvention—that proves it’s never too late to embrace change, rewrite your story, and create a truly fabulous life. 
  In her late seventies, Maye Musk is thriving like never before: walking runways, gracing magazine covers, and inspiring audiences worldwide. But her journey to success was anything but conventional. In Timeless, she shares her extraordinary story of resilience, adaptability and the courage it takes to embrace change at any age. 
  With warmth, humor, and hard-earned wisdom, Maye reveals how she transformed her life—again and again. She shares the behind-the-scenes story of her second—and third, and fourth—acts. From surviving a difficult marriage, to raising three children—including visionary entrepreneur Elon Musk—as a single mother, she built her career as a dietitian from the ground up, while modeling on the side to make ends meet. Reinvention wasn’t a choice; it was her lifeline. 
  After decades of overcoming hardship and starting over in three countries, Maye proved at 50 that a woman’s best years don’t have an expiration date. She learned to thrive—not in spite of her age, but because of it— transforming her modeling career from catalog to couture in her sixties, and discovering the unexpected joy of becoming bolder with every decade. Along the way, she shares the lessons she’s learned—from leaving toxic relationships to asking for what you want, silencing fear, and welcoming new adventures. Her story is a testament to the power of perseverance and the belief that life’s most extraordinary chapters can unfold at any age. 
  Timeless is more than a memoir—it’s a master class in reinvention, self-discovery, and the art of becoming unapologetically yourself. Maye Musk’s journey will inspire you to embrace your own possibilities, proving that the best is yet to come.

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  Gin and Phonics: My journey...

  Clara Batten

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  ‘I was asked the other day what I thought the hardest part of parenting was. I’d have to say that it’s definitely the kids.’ 
  TikTok sensation Clara Batten has dedicated the last few years to seeking the answer to one of life’s most crucial questions: 
  Is it possible to raise and nurture two small humans without losing your bloody mind? 
  The good news is, now she’s found (some of) the answers and is sharing her secrets with the rest of us! In this riotous book, Clara reveals:when it’s acceptable to buy your kids lunch from a kebab shop.why a jar of pickled herrings from Waitrose is the ultimate guilty pleasure, nay necessity, for a sleep-deprived parent.how to finally pursue your acting ambitions in your forties (despite a toddler sh*tting on the stairs during a self-tape audition). 
  Most importantly, Clara shows us that no matter how much we adore our little treasures, life isn’t just about their A, B and bloody Cs. 
  In her latest work, GIN AND PHONICS, Clara Batten humorously delves into the intricacies of long-term family relationships. This new autobiography, with its candid take on marriage and parenting, is a top pick for readers. 
  For fans of Miranda Hart (I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You), Dawn French (The Twat Files), Crystal Hefner (Only Say Good Things), Katy Weitz (Undercover Copper), and Davinia Taylor (It's Not A Diet). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  Sometimes I Cry - My Journey of...

  Jill Strasburg, Robbie Tripp

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  A biography about Jill Strausburg, four-time Oprah guest and her journey of weight-loss surgery. 
  This is the painful story of weight loss, acceptance of self, yearning for the love of family, death, healing, and ultimately forgiveness. Jill Strasburg shares the intimate details of her life's journey as she struggled to find her place in the world. Given three months to live, she fought through the medical issues and beat the odds. 

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  Some People Want to Shoot Me

  Madelaine Dickie, Wayne Bergmann

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  ‘I’ve spent the majority of my life fighting for the rights of Traditional Owners. This has put me in the firing line. But I chose this job, I chose this political path. My family did not.’ – Wayne Bergmann 
  It’s Broome, 2010. Nyikina man Wayne Bergmann has just received a death threat. His wife has watched a friend cross the road to avoid speaking with her. His children are subject to intense schoolyard bullying. Bergmann, a boilermaker by trade, and lawyer, is chief executive of the Kimberley Land Council during the controversial James Price Point gas hub negotiations. It’s an event that will tear the Broome community apart. Wayne’s story starts on Nyikina country and encompasses backbreaking station work, buried treasure, a Swedish bone thief and traditional magic love songs. His is an electrifying tale of resilience, determination and optimism, which shows what it takes to be an Aboriginal person walking in two cultures in a country where racism runs deep.

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  Betty Brown the St Giles Orange...

  Hannah More

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  Hannah More was born on February 2nd, 1745 at Fishponds in the parish of Stapleton, near Bristol. She was the fourth of five daughters. 
  The City of Bristol, at that time, was a centre for slave-trading and Hannah would, over time, become one of its staunchest critics.  
  She was keen to learn, possessed a sharp intellect and was assiduous in studying.  Hannah first wrote in 1762 with The Search after Happiness (by the mid-1780s some 10,000 copies had been sold). 
  In 1767 Hannah became engaged to William Turner.  After six years, with no wedding in sight, the engagement was broken off.  Turner then bestowed upon her an annual annuity of £200.  This was enough to meet her needs and set her free to pursue a literary career.   
  Her first play, The Inflexible Captive, was staged at Bath in 1775. The famous David Garrick himself produced her next play, Percy, in 1777 as well as writing both the Prologue and Epilogue for it.  It was a great success when performed at Covent Garden in December of that year.  
  Hannah turned to religious writing with Sacred Dramas in 1782; it rapidly ran through nineteen editions. These and the poems Bas-Bleu and Florio (1786) mark her gradual transition to a more serious and considered view of life. 
  Hannah contributed much to the newly-founded Abolition Society including, in February 1788, her publication of Slavery, a Poem recognised as one of the most important of the abolition period.   
  Her work now became more evangelical.  In the 1790s she wrote several Cheap Repository Tracts which covered moral, religious and political topics and were both for sale or distributed to literate poor people.  The most famous is, perhaps, The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain, describing a family of incredible frugality and contentment. Two million copies of these were circulated, in one year. 
  In 1789, she purchased a small house at Cowslip Green in Somerset. She was instrumental in setting up twelve schools in the area by 1800. 
  She continued to oppose slavery throughout her life, but at the time of the Abolition Bill of 1807, her health did not permit her to take as active a role in the movement as she had done in the late 1780s, although she maintained a correspondence with Wilberforce and others.  
  In July 1833, the Bill to abolish slavery throughout the British Empire passed in the House of Commons, followed by the House of Lords on August 1st. 
  Hannah More died on September 7th, 1833.

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