This is a wonderful book - full of great stories about the food in Raymond's life and the life in his food. You learn something amazing about food on every page, all framed in the story of the great man's life. Anyone with even a passing interest in what they eat will find something here to get their juices flowing...
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This is a wonderful book - full of great stories about the food in Raymond's life and the life in his food. You learn something amazing about food on every page, all framed in the story of the great man's life. Anyone with even a passing interest in what they eat will find something here to get their juices flowing...
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A wonderful tale about a fish (with a big imagination)who has an adventure. My eldest son(5)loves reading this story and joining in with parts of the text. Illustrations enhance the book futher, as does learning the names of a large variety of fish who appear throughout the story. Another great addition to bedtime.
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I bought this book for my nephew who doesn't read (his mother said, grumpily).
Well, he read this. I gather he was heard chuckling out loud and was happy to let his sisters hog the computer, something that had never happened before. He was even apparently quoting from it in the car to and from school and boasted that he'd managed to impress his form teacher with some facts she wasn't aware of. From being the aunt who sometimes feels she buys the dullest presents, I gather I've rather gone up in the ratings... so I've ordered the other books in the series for my two nieces for Christmas. My sister says it wonderful to think there might even be a day when the computer is actually turned off in their house....
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This is a very interesting book, but rather flawed.
From the book front cover you may believe it is Richard Attenborough's life story, but look closely at the bottom of the front cover, and in small writing it says "and Diana Hawkins"
From that I assumed she had ghost written the book, as often happens with these life stories of the famous. But in fact it is both their life stories running side by side.
Diana Hawkins worked with Richard as publicity manager on many of his films such as Ghandi, Chorus Line and so on, so they shared many areas of their life.
I believe the book is flawed for two reasons:
Firstly, the text alternates between Richard and Diana. Text for Richard begins "RA" ... Read More:
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This book is beyond classification. It's a spiritual text, an autobiography, a survey of particular branches of science, cosmology and history, a travel yarn, a series of closely-observed, beautifully-executed descriptions of the natural world. It's also in parts wonderfully funny. To my mind, Ms Maitland has outdone the achievement of the Annie Dillard of 'Pilgrim At Tinker's Creek' - high praise from me, for that is my all-time favourite book.
Thoughout the book deals with challenging material, but I - who often get too lost to be found in many books I pick up - was amazed by my own clarity throughout. This I owe to the author's limpid style and the fact that every page is packed with important and beautiful things.
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I don't usually read diaries but this caught my eye and I decided to give it a go as I generally read war books. From page one it became a treasure trove of snippets from a bygone era. How a family strove to make ends meet through severe hardship during ww1. Thomas makes light of it all with wit, charm and such delightful drawings of news items or his family.
Shaun sewell has made a great discovery and shared it with the nation. We must thank you for that and just hope Harper collins will see fit to produce book 2 from 1919 t0 1933. I only hope someone will find the pre war diaries that might have started as early as 1905 whilst thomas was courting Agnes.
This is a real gem, set in Glasgow it gives us all another angle on the great war, A ... Read More:
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I started reading it on the bus going home from work. My frequent snorts of laughter led to my fellow passengers removing themselves from my immediate vicinity.
This book is a treasure about a treasure. I was lucky enough to see Humph on his last appearance at the Lowry in Manchester before his hospitalisation. The man was a star. Brilliantly funny and gifted; if you didn't know Humph before he died this is the perfect chance to get to know him. This book resounds with his voice on every page, you can pratically hear him raising his eyebrows. He was like a naughty Granddad who made you laugh at things you weren't supposed to laugh at. Then when you were helpless with giggles he'd ... Read More:
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