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AN EXUBERANT NEW COLLECTION FROM ONE OF BRITAIN'S BEST LOVED POETS
'The patron saint of poetry' Carol Ann Duffy
For more than fifty years, Roger McGough has entranced generations of readers with poetry which is at once playful and poignant, intimate and ambitious in its scope.
From forgotten friendships and the idiosyncrasies of family life, to the trauma of war right through to contemporary politics, joinedupwriting explores the human experience in all its shades of light and dark, but always with McGough's signature wit and... more AN EXUBERANT NEW COLLECTION FROM ONE OF BRITAIN'S BEST LOVED POETS
'The patron saint of poetry' Carol Ann Duffy
For more than fifty years, Roger McGough has entranced generations of readers with poetry which is at once playful and poignant, intimate and ambitious in its scope.
From forgotten friendships and the idiosyncrasies of family life, to the trauma of war right through to contemporary politics, joinedupwriting explores the human experience in all its shades of light and dark, but always with McGough's signature wit and style. This is the nation's favourite poet at his very finest.
'McGough has done for poetry what champagne does for weddings' Time Out less 
Jeremy VineThe lovely @McgoughRoger is so humble he wouldn't mention his new book, so I'm doing it. He's 81, still as fresh a poet as ever, still as brilliant, still as human. Well he did #WhatMakesUsHuman @BBCRadio2 yesterday. And it was such a pleasure to meet him and hear him speak. https://t.co/HjFbjyo2M9 (Source)
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'A joyful dose of inspiration that every cyclist, from rookie to randonneur, can take something valuable from' - road.cc
Ranked No.5 in Book Authority’s “100 Best Cycling Books of All Time” awards list
A memoir of bikes, blogs and riding through depression from award-winning blogger, Lady Vélo.
Jools Walker re-discovered cycling aged twenty-eight after a ten-year absence from the saddle. When she started blogging about her cycle adventures under the alias Lady Vélo, a whole world was opened up to her. But it's hard to find... more 'A joyful dose of inspiration that every cyclist, from rookie to randonneur, can take something valuable from' - road.cc
Ranked No.5 in Book Authority’s “100 Best Cycling Books of All Time” awards list
A memoir of bikes, blogs and riding through depression from award-winning blogger, Lady Vélo.
Jools Walker re-discovered cycling aged twenty-eight after a ten-year absence from the saddle. When she started blogging about her cycle adventures under the alias Lady Vélo, a whole world was opened up to her. But it's hard to find space in an industry not traditionally open to women - especially women of colour.
Shortly after getting back on two wheels, Jools was diagnosed with depression and then, in her early thirties, hit by a mini-stroke. Yet, through all of these punctures, one constant remained: Jools' love of cycling.
In Back in the Frame Jools talks to the other female trailblazers who are disrupting the cycling narrative as well as telling the story of how she overcame her health problems, learned how to cycle her own path and even found a love of Lycra shorts along the way. less Jeremy VineHey brilliant @ladyvelo thank-you for your book on cycling and well-being — @RealKenBruce will borrow when I'm finished! https://t.co/TjAJqM0Rg4 (Source)
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"I heard you paint houses" are the first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran. To paint a house is to kill a man. The paint is the blood that splatters on the walls and floors. In the course of nearly five years of recorded interviews Frank Sheeran confessed to Charles Brandt that he handled more than twenty-five hits for the mob, and for his friend Hoffa. Sheeran learned to kill in the U.S. Army, where he saw an astonishing 411 days of active combat duty in Italy during World War II. After returning home he became a hustler and hit man, working for legendary crime... more "I heard you paint houses" are the first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran. To paint a house is to kill a man. The paint is the blood that splatters on the walls and floors. In the course of nearly five years of recorded interviews Frank Sheeran confessed to Charles Brandt that he handled more than twenty-five hits for the mob, and for his friend Hoffa. Sheeran learned to kill in the U.S. Army, where he saw an astonishing 411 days of active combat duty in Italy during World War II. After returning home he became a hustler and hit man, working for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino. Eventually he would rise to a position of such prominence that in a RICO suit then-U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani would name him as one of only two non-Italians on a list of 26 top mob figures. When Bufalino ordered Sheeran to kill Hoffa, he did the deed, knowing that if he had refused he would have been killed himself. Sheeran's important and fascinating story includes new information on other famous murders, and provides rare insight to a chapter in American history. Charles Brandt has written a page-turner that is destined to become a true crime classic. less Jeremy VineAlthough the Netflix film is called “The Irishman,” the book’s original title was better. It used the “paint houses” phrase and what makes it remarkable is that it tells, for the first time and with 100% certainty, how Hoffa was killed. https://t.co/TcEkgX0VlY (Source)
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A passionate defence of humanity and a work of radical optimism from the international bestselling author of Postcapitalism
How do we preserve what makes us human in an age of uncertainty? Are we now just consumers shaped by market forces? A sequence of DNA? A collection of base instincts? Or will we soon be supplanted by algorithms and A.I. anyway?
In Clear Bright Future, Paul Mason calls for a radical, impassioned defence of the human being, our universal rights and freedoms and our power to change the world... more A passionate defence of humanity and a work of radical optimism from the international bestselling author of Postcapitalism
How do we preserve what makes us human in an age of uncertainty? Are we now just consumers shaped by market forces? A sequence of DNA? A collection of base instincts? Or will we soon be supplanted by algorithms and A.I. anyway?
In Clear Bright Future, Paul Mason calls for a radical, impassioned defence of the human being, our universal rights and freedoms and our power to change the world around us. Ranging from economics to Big Data, from neuroscience to the culture wars, he draws from his on-the-ground reporting from mass protests in Istanbul to riots in Washington, as well as his own childhood in an English mining community, to show how the notion of humanity has become eroded as never before.
In this book Paul Mason argues that we are still capable - through language, innovation and co-operation - of shaping our future. He offers a vision of humans as more than puppets, customers or cogs in a machine. This work of radical optimism asks: Do you want to be controlled? Or do you want something better? less 
Aaron Bastani@mrjamesob You should chat to @paulmasonnews about his new book. Lots of interesting insights on this. (Source)
Jeremy VineGreat page from new book by @paulmasonnews
“Clear Bright Future” https://t.co/HwbBbMogeO (Source)
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