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Fifth week in top ten for Cathy Glass
29 Apr 2014
Congratulations to Cathy Glass whose Daddy’s Little Princess is no 7 in the paperback non-fiction list this week.
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Fortean Times reviews two agency titles
28 Apr 2014
The Burglar Caught by a Skeleton by Jeremy Clay: ‘The little details in the articles are a goldmine… While the book is perfect for dipping in and out of, each section lends itself to being read in one go, allowing the reader to get a feel for the concerns and preoccupations of 19th century.’
Earth - An Alien Enterprise by Timothy Good: ‘This is a substantial and interesting book.’
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Daisy de Villeneuve GRAZIA interview
28 Apr 2014
‘This Saturday 26th, Daisy de Villeneuve (www.daisydevilleneuve.com), one of London’s most beloved and vibrant fashion illustrators, takes over Pick Me Up graphic design festival at Somerset House. For the fifth year running the contemporary graphic arts event will showcase the best illustrators and designers via a veritable assortment of showreels, talks, workshops and a photo booth with an illustrative twist. Renowned for her childlike, colourful felt-tip portraits and deadpan narratives, Daisy has worked with everyone from Liberty to Boots, Globetrotter to Nike. So, budding designers, don’t miss your chance to see an icon of illustration in action! Grazia Daily sat down with Daisy ahead of her festival takeover to glean her top tips of the trade…’
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Great reviews for Coming Up Trumps
27 Apr 2014
Coming Up Trumps, the memoir of Baroness Trumpington, has been receiving great reviews and widespread coverage. The book was ghosted by the agency’s Deborah Crewe.
‘What a joy this book is… Here again the pickings are rich. But this memoir isn’t just a fascinating, frequently hilarious insight into the life of a force of nature. It is also, despite itself, an examination of a particular generation of women, trained for not much except marriage and cocktail parties, and of how, given the right spirit, some of those women derailed in the best possible way and went on to have wonderful adventures.’
Sunday Times‘This is the stuff of Evelyn Waugh and F Scott Fitzgerald except that Lady Trumpington lived it for real and to the full. There were parties, dancing, skiing and it was all tremendous innocent fun. Sort of Nancy Mitford meets Enid Blyton.’
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The Birth of Empire on BBC 2
25 Apr 2014
The Birth of Empire: The East India Company, for which Robert Hutchinson was a consultant, will be shown on BBC 2 on Wednesday 30th April. His book on the East India Company will be published shortly.
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New Guardian Short from Christian Jennings
25 Apr 2014
Christian Jennings’ new Guardian Short The Deadly Air: Genetically modified mosquitoes and the fight against malaria launches today.
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More endorsements for Gary Smith's Standard Deviations
25 Apr 2014
‘Its entertaining; its gossipy; its insightful; its destined to be a classic. Based on a life-time of experience unravelling the methodical blunders that remain all too frequent, this book communicates Gary Smith’s wisdom about how not to do a data analysis. Smith’s engaging rendering of countless painful mistakes will help readers avoid the pitfalls far better than merely mastering theorems.’ Edward E. Leamer, Chauncey J. Medberry Professor, UCLA
‘Gary Smith is brilliant when it comes to writing lively and understandable statistical analysis, and Standard Deviations is his best work to date. It joins Darrell Huff’s How to Lie With Statistics as a “must read” classic in the field.’ Woody Studenmund
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Great review for Call The Vet
24 Apr 2014
Anna Birch’s Call the Vet had a great review on The Bookbag this week:
‘Call the Vet is a delightful, engaging account of Anna’s early experiences as a country vet. She has a wonderful sense of humour and effortlessly reels off one hilarious anecdote after another. For example, there is a darkly-comic scene where Anna visits the local crazy cat-lady that had me laughing out loud, and another, featuring some testicles floating in a jar and a potential suitor that was pure comedy gold … Call the Vet was a lovely read that had me laughing one minute and crying the next. It will appeal to anyone who loves animals, especially fans of James Herriot stories. I sincerely hope that this book will be part of a series, as I would love to read more of Anna’s experiences with animals and the funny folk who care for them.’
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Second serial for Coming Up Trumps
24 Apr 2014
Part two of Baroness Trumpington’s memoir Coming Up Trumps ran in the Mail on Sunday last weekend.
