Author: Rachael Lucas Publisher: Pan ISBN: 9781509882779 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Burnt out after ten years at the chalkface, Lucy's taken a sabbatical from her job as a history teacher to focus on some research. She moves to a tiny Cotswolds cottage that comes with a reduced rent in exchange for keeping a daily eye on Bunty, an extremely feisty ninety-something. She arrives at the cottage with boxes, bags and her faithful West Highland terrier Hamish, but Bunty claims to know nothing about the agreement - it's been arranged by Margaret, her interfering daughter-in-law. Lucy's only goal is to relax and focus on doing some research on the women of nearby Bletchley Park. But the villagers of Little Maudley have other ideas, and she finds herself caught up in the campaign to turn the dilapidated telephone box at the heart of the village into a volunteer-run library.
Author: A.J. Liebling Publisher: Crown ISBN: 0307480666 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 274
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A classic work on Broadway sharpers, grifters, and con men by the late, great New Yorker journalist A. J. Liebling. Often referred to as “Liebling lowlife pieces,” the essays in The Telephone Booth Indian boisterously celebrate raffishness. A. J. Liebling appreciated a good scam and knew how to cultivate the scammers. Telephone Booth Indians (entrepreneurs so impecunious that they conduct business from telephone booths in the lobbies of New York City office buildings) and a host of other petty nomads of Broadway—with names like Marty the Clutch and Count de Pennies—are the protagonists in this incomparable Liebling work. In The Telephone Booth Indian, Liebling proves just why he was the go-to man on New York lowlife and con culture; this is the master at the top of his form, uncovering scam after scam and writing about them with the wit and charisma that established him as one of the greatest journalists of his generation and one of New York’s finest cultural chroniclers.
Author: Heather Smith Publisher: Orca Book Publishers ISBN: 145982105X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 35
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★ “Smith spins a quietly moving narrative...Wada’s large-scale woodblock style illustrations are a perfect complement to the story’s restrained text...The graceful way in which this book handles a sensitive and serious subject makes it a first purchase."—School Library Journal When the tsunami destroyed Makio's village, Makio lost his father . . . and his voice. The entire village is silenced by grief, and the young child's anger at the ocean grows. Then one day his neighbor, Mr. Hirota, begins a mysterious project—building a phone booth in his garden. At first Makio is puzzled; the phone isn't connected to anything. It just sits there, unable to ring. But as more and more villagers are drawn to the phone booth, its purpose becomes clear to Makio: the disconnected phone is connecting people to their lost loved ones. Makio calls to the sea to return what it has taken from him and ultimately finds his voice and solace in a phone that carries words on the wind. The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden is inspired by the true story of the wind phone in Otsuchi, Japan, which was created by artist Itaru Sasaki. He built the phone booth so he could speak to his cousin who had passed, saying, "My thoughts couldn't be relayed over a regular phone line, I wanted them to be carried on the wind." The Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in 2011 destroyed the town of Otsuchi, claiming 10 percent of the population. Residents of Otsuchi and pilgrims from other affected communities have been traveling to the wind phone since the tsunami.
Author: Laura Imai-Messina Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd. ISBN: 178658042X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 229
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'Absolutely breathtaking' Christy Lefteri, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo. We all have something to tell those we have lost . . . On a windy hill in Japan, in a garden overlooking the sea stands a disused phone box. For years, people have travelled to visit the phone box, to pick up the receiver and speak into the wind: to pass their messages to loved ones no longer with us. When Yui loses her mother and daughter in the tsunami, she is plunged into despair and wonders how she will ever carry on. One day she hears of the phone box, and decides to make her own pilgrimage there, to speak once more to the people she loved the most. But when you have lost everything, the right words can be the hardest thing to find . . . Then she meets Takeshi, a bereaved husband whose own daughter has stopped talking in the wake of their loss. What happens next will warm your heart, even when it feels as though it is breaking... The Phone Box at the Edge of the World is an unforgettable story of the depths of grief, the lightness of love and the human longing to keep the people who are no longer with us close to our hearts. Everyone is talking about The Phone Box at the Edge of the World 'A moving and uplifting anatomisation of grief and the small miraculous moments that persuade people to start looking forward again' Sunday Times 'Strangely beautiful, uplifting and memorable, it's a book to savour' Choice, Book of the Month 'A poignant, atmospheric novel dealing with love, coming to terms with loss and the restoration of one's self' Daily Mail 'A story about the dogged survival of hope when all else is lost . . . A striking haiku of the human heart' The Times 'Beautiful. A message of hope for anyone who is lost, frightened or grieving' Clare Mackintosh, Sunday Times bestselling author of After the End 'Incredibly moving. It will break your heart and soothe your soul' Stacey Halls, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Familiars 'Mesmerising . . . beautiful . . . a joy to read' Joanna Glen, Costa shortlisted author of The Other Half of Augusta Hope 'Spare and poetic, this beautiful book is both a small, quiet love story and a vast expansive meditation on grieving and loss' Heat 'A perfect poignant read' Woman & Home
Author: Peter Ackerman Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher ISBN: 1567925057 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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Remember the days when phone booths stood on every street corner? If you had to make a call, you'd step inside the little booth, lift the phone off the hook, put a coin in the slot, listen for the click, push the buttons, and hear it ring? And for only 25 cents, in the quiet of the booth, you could call your grandmother, or let the office know you were running late, or get directions for a birthday party. . . This is the story of one of the last remaining phone booths in New York City, the Phone Booth on the corner of West End Avenue and 100th. Everyone used it — from ballerinas and girl scouts, zookeepers and birthday clowns, to cellists and even secret agents! The Phone Booth was so beloved that people would sometimes wait in line to use it. Kept clean and polished, the Phone Booth was proud and happy . . . until, the day a businessman strode by and shouted into a shiny silver object, "I'll be there in ten minutes!" Soon everyone was talking into these shiny silver things, and the Phone Booth stood alone and empty, unused and dejected. How the Phone Booth saved the day and united the neighborhood to rally around its revival is the heart of this soulful story. In a world in which objects we love and recognize as part of the integral fabric of our lives are disappearing at a rapid rate, here is a story about the value of the analog, the power of the people's voice, and the care and respect due to those things that have served us well over time. With his delightful, witty, and boldly colored illustrations that evoke Miroslav Sasek's mid-century modern aesthetic, Max Dalton simply and elegantly captures the energy and diversity of New York City and its inhabitants. A beauty to behold and a pleasure to read, The Lonely Phone Booth is sure to be a favorite among children and parents alike, and the real Phone Booth, which is still standing at West End Avenue and 100th Street, is worth a field trip!
Author: Rachael Lucas Publisher: Pan Macmillan ISBN: 1447265785 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 369
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Escape into the Scottish Highlands in this delicious story of friendship, new beginnings and romance. Wildflower Bay is a feel-good story abut village life by Rachael Lucas. This little island has some big secrets . . . Isla has finally got her dream job as head stylist at the most exclusive salon in Edinburgh. But she has been so single-minded in her career that she has forgotten to have a balanced life. This fact completely passes her by – until disaster strikes. Out of options, she heads to the remote Scottish island of Auchenmor to help out her aunt who is in desperate need of an extra pair of scissors at her salon. A native to the island, Finn is thirty-five and reality has just hit him hard. His best friends are about to have a baby and everything is changing. When into his life walks Isla . . . 'Such a joy! Spending time within the pages of a Rachael Lucas book is like coming home' – Cathy Bramley, author of The Sunrise Sisterhood
Author: Rachael Lucas Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 1760987182 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 244
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The Village Green Bookshop is a heartwarming story of good books and good friends, by the bestselling author of The Telephone Box Library, Rachael Lucas. 'It is a warm, gorgeous hug of a book with all the feels. I loved it' Liz Fenwick, author of The Cornish House Frustrated that she spends all her time as either a mum to a football-obsessed teenager or a wife to a workaholic husband, Hannah wants something for herself. When the chance comes to take over the Post Office in Little Maudley, a charming Cotswold village, Hannah grabs it with both hands. She’ll have a career at last and also get her son Ben away from his trouble-making mates. But village life is not so picture-perfect after all: Hannah finds herself an outsider in this tight-knit community where the height of your hedge is a gossip-worthy subject. Even her idea to introduce a small bookshop to the Post Office causes a stir. At least Ben seems to have found his place as he joins the local football team, coached by ex-professional Jake Lovatt. But a shocking secret from their past threatens to uproot the new life they’ve made for themselves, and has drastic consequences... Set in the same village as The Telephone Box Library and featuring some of the same much-loved characters, this is a charming, big-hearted novel from bestselling author Rachael Lucas. Praise for The Telephone Box Library ‘Delightful’ Cathy Bramley, bestselling author of The Lemon Tree Café ‘Heartfelt’ Woman & Home ‘Transporting’ Woman
Author: Alex Johnson Publisher: ISBN: 9780226263694 Category : Curiosities and wonders Languages : en Pages : 0
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How do you use your local library? Does it arrive at your door on the back of an elephant? Can it float down the river to you? Or does it occupy a phone booth by the side of the road? Public libraries are a cornerstone of modern civilization, yet like the books in them, libraries face an uncertain future in an increasingly digital world. Undaunted, librarians around the globe are thinking up astonishing ways of reaching those in reading need, whether by bike in Chicago, boat in Laos, or donkey in Colombia. Improbable Libraries showcases a wide range of unforgettable, never-before-seen images and interviews with librarians who are overcoming geographic, economic, and political difficulties to bring the written word to an eager audience. Alex Johnson charts the changing face of library architecture, as temporary pop-ups rub shoulders with monumental brick-and-mortar structures, and many libraries expand their mission to function as true community centers. To take just one example: the open-air Garden Library in Tel Aviv, located in a park near the city's main bus station, supports asylum seekers and migrant workers with a stock of 3,500 volumes in sixteen different languages. Beautifully illustrated with two hundred and fifty color photographs, Improbable Libraries offers a breathtaking tour of the places that bring us together and provide education, entertainment, culture, and so much more. From the rise of the egalitarian Little Free Library movement to the growth in luxury hotel libraries, the communal book revolution means you'll never be far from the perfect next read.
Author: Michael Grist Publisher: Shotgun Books ISBN: Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 137
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In 2016, author Chris Fox wrote the groundbreaking book 'Write to Market'. In it, he taught a generation of self-publishers to value what readers wanted, before they even started writing their book. It's a great concept, and it inspired me to develop the Self-Publish to Market approach, which takes Fox's idea and applies it not only to the book text itself in new and powerful ways, but also to the marketing materials that surround it: • the book's cover • its title • and its back cover marketing copy (blurb) Put simply, it provides a proven set of techniques that will help you the author give the reader what they want, while also telling exactly the stories you want to tell. How do you do this? You simply choose the areas where what you want to write overlaps with what the readers want to read - then market accordingly. You don't need to compromise your vision. You don't need to conform to a genre template or tick off elements from some list of tropes, motifs, settings and themes. You just need to build a beautiful storytelling bridge to your readers, and you do that by: 1. Listening - Listen to your readers. Listen to what experts are telling you. Listen to the market. 2. Adapting - Adapt your cover, title, blurb and book in line with what the market says. You can adapt a book both before and after you've published it. 3. Iterating - 'Iterating' is a fancy way of saying 'keep doing the first two principles on repeat'. You listen, you adapt, you listen again and adapt better, and so on, constantly homing in on a more perfect match. Those adaptations could be something tiny, like changing the color of the font on your cover through several shades of blue. It could be one key word in your blurb that changes once, twice, three times to hit on perfection. It could also be something big, like working on new opening chapters that grab the reader better. It's up to you how far you want to iterate - but even small changes can make a huge difference. It could transform your author career and propel you to 6- or 7-figure author status overnight. That's what happened to me. It can happen for you too. In this book you will learn: • How to squeeze gold dust from reviews without getting overawed • How to package your book for sales - get optimal covers, titles and blurbs cheaply and efficiently • How to use beta readers to start a virtuous feedback cycle spinning • How to use movie classification systems to 'grade' your writing • How to give readers what they want without selling out your vision, and 24 more techniques... Take the first step to transforming your self-publishing career. Pick up SELF-PUBLISH TO MARKET now. ★★★★★ "A must-read for all authors regardless of where you are in your writing career ... helped me immensely!" - Brad Borkan, award-winning non-fiction author. ★★★★★ "An excellent book ... will make significant improvements to writers' book sales if they follow the principles within it. It's genius!" - Andrew Raymond, #1 bestselling thriller author. ★★★★★ "Excellent, excellent book! I'm always fiddling around with book covers and descriptions. But until now, I've never had a clear system or strategy for it. Now, I do!"- Holly Worton, podcaster and non-fiction author.
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