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SpecificationsAbout the Author DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the worlds leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House formed on July 1 2013. DK publishes highly visual photographic nonfiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 87 countries and in 62 languages with offices in Delhi London Melbourne Munich New York and Toronto. DKs aim is to inform enrich and entertain readers of all ages and everything DK publishes whether print or digital embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products. Our adult range spans travel including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides history science nature sport gardening cookery and parenting. DK’s extensive children’s list showcases a fantastic store of information for children toddlers and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body to homework help and craft activities together with an impressive list of licensing titles including the bestselling LEGO® books. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books publisher of the Idiots Guides series and Prima Games video gaming publishers as well as the award-winning travel publisher Rough Guides.Author 1 Dorling KindersleyBook Description Leap into the fascinating world of animals! Watch animals of all kinds in action and investigate their habits and habitats in the readable browse-able picture-packed First Animal Encyclopedia. Children will learn all about different animal groups — including mammals reptiles birds amphibians insects and fish — and meet amazing creatures in all sizes shapes and colors. Clear vibrant photographs bring it all to life in the pages of this delightful first reference book for kids.Editorial Review Clear vibrant photographs bring it all to life in the pages of this delightful first reference book for kids.ISBN-10 1465435522ISBN-13 9780241293430Language EnglishNumber of Pages 168View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the worlds leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House formed on July 1 2013. DK publishes highly visual photographic nonfiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 87 countries and in 62 languages with offices in Delhi London Melbourne Munich New York and Toronto. DKs aim is to inform enrich and entertain readers of all ages and everything DK publishes whether print or digital embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products. Our adult range spans travel including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides history science nature sport gardening cookery and parenting. DK’s extensive children’s list showcases a fantastic store of information for children toddlers and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body to homework help and craft activities together with an impressive list of licensing titles including the bestselling LEGO® books. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books publisher of the Idiots Guides series and Prima Games video gaming publishers as well as the award-winning travel publisher Rough Guides.Author 1 Dorling KindersleyBook Description Leap into the fascinating world of animals! Watch animals of all kinds in action and investigate their habits and habitats in the readable browse-able picture-packed First Animal Encyclopedia. Children will learn all about different animal groups — including mammals reptiles birds amphibians insects and fish — and meet amazing creatures in all sizes shapes and colors. Clear vibrant photographs bring it all to life in the pages of this delightful first reference book for kids.Editorial Review Clear vibrant photographs bring it all to life in the pages of this delightful first reference book for kids.ISBN-10 1465435522ISBN-13 9780241293430Language EnglishNumber of Pages 168View Full Specifications
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Ess Japanese Kanji Volume 1 : Learn the Essential Kanji Characters Needed For Everyday Interactions In Japan Paperback Bilingual
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 University Of Tokyo Kanji Research GroupBook Description Essential Japanese Kanji uses a natural approach to learning the most basic kanji encountered in everyday situations in Japan. This new edition is packed with fun quizzes and useful exercises for those wishing to improve their Japanese ability. It has been repackaged in a more compact value-for-money size while losing none of the content that has made it a long-selling favorite. Key features of Essential Japanese Kanji include: Introductory quizzes to introduce everyday situations in which the Kanji are used A vocabulary section to help you understand the readings and meanings of each Kanji New character charts presenting all the Kanji clearly and systematically Definitions readings stroke orders and compounds for each character Practice sections help you to improve your skills Advanced Placement Exam practice questions follow the format of the College Board exam Everyday tasks like finding a street address or buying a train ticket in Japan require a basic working knowledge of kanji--the Japanese system of writing based on Chinese characters. Essential Japanese Kanji teaches you the kanji youll need in everyday situations in lessons prepared by teachers from the prestigious University of Tokyo. show lessEdition Number BilingualISBN-13 9784805313404Language EnglishNumber of Pages 224Publication Date 10 February 2015Publisher Tuttle Publishing SpecificationsAuthor 1 University Of Tokyo Kanji Research GroupBook Description Essential Japanese Kanji uses a natural approach to learning the most basic kanji encountered in everyday situations in Japan. This new edition is packed with fun quizzes and useful exercises for those wishing to improve their Japanese ability. It has been repackaged in a more compact value-for-money size while losing none of the content that has made it a long-selling favorite. Key features of Essential Japanese Kanji include: Introductory quizzes to introduce everyday situations in which the Kanji are used A vocabulary section to help you understand the readings and meanings of each Kanji New character charts presenting all the Kanji clearly and systematically Definitions readings stroke orders and compounds for each character Practice sections help you to improve your skills Advanced Placement Exam practice questions follow the format of the College Board exam Everyday tasks like finding a street address or buying a train ticket in Japan require a basic working knowledge of kanji--the Japanese system of writing based on Chinese characters. Essential Japanese Kanji teaches you the kanji youll need in everyday situations in lessons prepared by teachers from the prestigious University of Tokyo. show lessEdition Number BilingualISBN-13 9784805313404Language EnglishNumber of Pages 224Publication Date 10 February 2015Publisher Tuttle Publishing
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Paru ItagakiISBN-10 1974707989ISBN-13 9781974707980Language EnglishNumber of Pages 208Publication Date 8-Aug-19Publisher VIZ Media LLC SpecificationsAuthor 1 Paru ItagakiISBN-10 1974707989ISBN-13 9781974707980Language EnglishNumber of Pages 208Publication Date 8-Aug-19Publisher VIZ Media LLC
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Nick Hasted writes on music movies books and comics for The Independent The Guardian and Uncut magazine. He lives in South London.Author 1 Nick HastedBook Description Nick Hasteds ground-breaking book traces Marshall Mathers rise to fame from the schools and workplaces of his native Detroit to global superstardom. The author also lays bare Eminems relationships with his much-hated mother his teenage soul-mate Kim Scott producer Dr. Dre and The Bass Brothers who guided and inspired him from the age of fourteen. This new edition comes right up to date analysing the huge success of Eminems label Shady Records and his protege 50 cent.Editorial Review A serious and even handed account.ISBN-10 1849384584ISBN-13 9781849384582Language EnglishNumber of Pages 250View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Nick Hasted writes on music movies books and comics for The Independent The Guardian and Uncut magazine. He lives in South London.Author 1 Nick HastedBook Description Nick Hasteds ground-breaking book traces Marshall Mathers rise to fame from the schools and workplaces of his native Detroit to global superstardom. The author also lays bare Eminems relationships with his much-hated mother his teenage soul-mate Kim Scott producer Dr. Dre and The Bass Brothers who guided and inspired him from the age of fourteen. This new edition comes right up to date analysing the huge success of Eminems label Shady Records and his protege 50 cent.Editorial Review A serious and even handed account.ISBN-10 1849384584ISBN-13 9781849384582Language EnglishNumber of Pages 250View Full Specifications
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Fluent In 3 Months Paperback
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Irishman and internet sensation Benny Lewis was distinctly mediocre at languages at school and upon finding himself living in Spain at the age of 21 struggled for 6 months to form a few simple sentences. But now ten years on he has learned to speak over a dozen languages has travelled the world and has countless friends in many different countries.Author 1 Benny LewisBook Description Meet the man who makes the mission of learning any language possible! The all-you-need guide to learning a language. Language hacker Benny Lewis shows how anyone anywhere can learn any language without leaving their home using a simple toolkit and by harnessing the power of the Internet. Benny definitely wasn’t born with the ‘language gene’. After graduating in electronic engineering in his native Ireland he spent six months in Spain struggling to learn Spanish. This frustrating experience fuelled his determination to take a different approach to learning foreign languages. Today he speaks over ten languages including Mandarin Chinese Arabic French German Portuguese and Hungarian. He has also learnt Japanese in Spain. This typifies one of his ‘3-month challenges’ where he targets a new language and proceeds to become fluent in it within just three months. He charts his progress on his blog proving that his techniques allow anyone to learn a language from anywhere. Benny’s blog also called Fluent in 3 Months is the largest language learning blog in the world. The key principles of Benny’s method: • Speak from day one: find mother-tongue speaking partners online. Don’t be self-conscious – keep the flow going! • Change your mindset: ditch the excuses you can do it! • Stay focused and determined: even if you don’t have much time never forget the goal you’ve set yourself and work at it. • Learning a language doesn’t need to be expensive: there is a wealth of free resources out there if you know where to find them • Reap the rewards! Learning a new language is not an end in itself but a means to meeting new people and discovering new cultures. Curiosity will fuel your determination.ISBN-10 0007543921ISBN-13 0007543921Language EnglishNumber of Pages 258Publication Date 2014View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Irishman and internet sensation Benny Lewis was distinctly mediocre at languages at school and upon finding himself living in Spain at the age of 21 struggled for 6 months to form a few simple sentences. But now ten years on he has learned to speak over a dozen languages has travelled the world and has countless friends in many different countries.Author 1 Benny LewisBook Description Meet the man who makes the mission of learning any language possible! The all-you-need guide to learning a language. Language hacker Benny Lewis shows how anyone anywhere can learn any language without leaving their home using a simple toolkit and by harnessing the power of the Internet. Benny definitely wasn’t born with the ‘language gene’. After graduating in electronic engineering in his native Ireland he spent six months in Spain struggling to learn Spanish. This frustrating experience fuelled his determination to take a different approach to learning foreign languages. Today he speaks over ten languages including Mandarin Chinese Arabic French German Portuguese and Hungarian. He has also learnt Japanese in Spain. This typifies one of his ‘3-month challenges’ where he targets a new language and proceeds to become fluent in it within just three months. He charts his progress on his blog proving that his techniques allow anyone to learn a language from anywhere. Benny’s blog also called Fluent in 3 Months is the largest language learning blog in the world. The key principles of Benny’s method: • Speak from day one: find mother-tongue speaking partners online. Don’t be self-conscious – keep the flow going! • Change your mindset: ditch the excuses you can do it! • Stay focused and determined: even if you don’t have much time never forget the goal you’ve set yourself and work at it. • Learning a language doesn’t need to be expensive: there is a wealth of free resources out there if you know where to find them • Reap the rewards! Learning a new language is not an end in itself but a means to meeting new people and discovering new cultures. Curiosity will fuel your determination.ISBN-10 0007543921ISBN-13 0007543921Language EnglishNumber of Pages 258Publication Date 2014View Full Specifications
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Heather AmeryFormat PaperbackISBN-10 1409570371ISBN-13 9781409570370Language EnglishPublication Date 1/7/2014Publisher Usborne Publishing Ltd SpecificationsAuthor 1 Heather AmeryFormat PaperbackISBN-10 1409570371ISBN-13 9781409570370Language EnglishPublication Date 1/7/2014Publisher Usborne Publishing Ltd
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Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary Paperback 9
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Jeniffer BradberyBook Description The Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary or OALD is recommended by teachers and students because it defines words in language students understand gives useful example sentences and includes the tools learners need to succeed in English. It has over 100 million users worldwide and is the worlds best-selling advanced learners dictionary. The new 9th edition with Oxford iSpeaker and Oxford iWriter make OALD the ultimate speaking and writing tool.Country of Origin IndiaEdition Number 9ISBN-10 0194798798ISBN-13 9780194798792Language EnglishNumber of Pages 1820View Full Specifications SpecificationsAuthor 1 Jeniffer BradberyBook Description The Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary or OALD is recommended by teachers and students because it defines words in language students understand gives useful example sentences and includes the tools learners need to succeed in English. It has over 100 million users worldwide and is the worlds best-selling advanced learners dictionary. The new 9th edition with Oxford iSpeaker and Oxford iWriter make OALD the ultimate speaking and writing tool.Country of Origin IndiaEdition Number 9ISBN-10 0194798798ISBN-13 9780194798792Language EnglishNumber of Pages 1820View Full Specifications
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Oxford University PressFormat PaperbackISBN-13 9780199298532Language EnglishPublication Date 07/09/2006Publisher Oxford University Press SpecificationsAuthor 1 Oxford University PressFormat PaperbackISBN-13 9780199298532Language EnglishPublication Date 07/09/2006Publisher Oxford University Press
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 JakemanBook Description Cambridge ielts 5 contains 4 authentic ielts papers from cambridge esol providing the most authentic exam practice available. This is the fifth collection of ielts practice tests from cambridge esol. The students book with answers contains four full tests including both academic and general modules as well as an answer key with explanations model compositions and tapescripts. The pack also contains two audio cds which provide all the recorded material required for students to practise the tasks in the listening papersFormat PaperbackISBN-13 9780521700511Language EnglishPublication Date 2007Publisher Cambridge University Press SpecificationsAuthor 1 JakemanBook Description Cambridge ielts 5 contains 4 authentic ielts papers from cambridge esol providing the most authentic exam practice available. This is the fifth collection of ielts practice tests from cambridge esol. The students book with answers contains four full tests including both academic and general modules as well as an answer key with explanations model compositions and tapescripts. The pack also contains two audio cds which provide all the recorded material required for students to practise the tasks in the listening papersFormat PaperbackISBN-13 9780521700511Language EnglishPublication Date 2007Publisher Cambridge University Press
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Jane AustenBook Description Lady Susan and Other WorksEdition Number 0ISBN-13 9781840226966Language EnglishNumber of Pages 0Publication Date 07-May-13Publisher Wordsworth SpecificationsAuthor 1 Jane AustenBook Description Lady Susan and Other WorksEdition Number 0ISBN-13 9781840226966Language EnglishNumber of Pages 0Publication Date 07-May-13Publisher Wordsworth
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Oxford Word Skills: Basic
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Ruth GairnsAuthor 2 Stuart RedmanBook Description Oxford Word Skills improves students vocabulary and vocabulary learning skills. Short clear presentations and lots of opportunity for practice give students the confidence to use new vocabulary. 80 units at each level mean they cover a huge range of topics and everyday situations. Extra practice and interactive activities on CD-ROM.Country of Origin IndiaISBN-10 0194620034ISBN-13 9780194620031Language EnglishNumber of Pages 256View Full Specifications SpecificationsAuthor 1 Ruth GairnsAuthor 2 Stuart RedmanBook Description Oxford Word Skills improves students vocabulary and vocabulary learning skills. Short clear presentations and lots of opportunity for practice give students the confidence to use new vocabulary. 80 units at each level mean they cover a huge range of topics and everyday situations. Extra practice and interactive activities on CD-ROM.Country of Origin IndiaISBN-10 0194620034ISBN-13 9780194620031Language EnglishNumber of Pages 256View Full Specifications
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Smoke Gets In Your Eyes : And Other Lessons From The Crematorium Paperback
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Caitlin Doughty was born and raised in Hawaii before gaining a degree in Medieval History from the University of Chicago. She currently lives in Los Angeles where she owns an alternative funeral home Undertaking LA. She is the creator of the Ask a Mortician web series the founder of the death acceptance collective The Order of the Good Dead and co-founder of Death Salon.Author 1 Caitlin DoughtyBook Description Unforgettable . . . a hilarious poignant and impassioned plea to revolutionise our attitudes to death Gavin Francis GuardianFrom her first day at Westwind Cremation & Burial twenty-three-year-old Caitlin Doughty threw herself into her curious new profession. Coming face-to-face with the very thing we go to great lengths to avoid thinking about she started to wonder about the lives of those she cremated and the mourning families they left behind and found herself confounded by peoples erratic reactions to death. Exploring our death rituals - and those of other cultures - she pleads the case for healthier attitudes around death and dying. Full of bizarre encounters gallows humour and vivid characters both living and very dead this illuminating account makes this otherwise terrifying subject inviting and fascinating.Editorial Review A zingy fresh and possibly even important book about death . . . This book might change your life * * Evening Standard * * Upbeat brave and brilliantly morbidly curious . . . Important and timely * * Sunday Times * * A well-researched beautifully observed book and Doughty is a convincing and impassioned advocate for changes in our cultural attitudes towards death . . . Theres much to enjoy in this thoughtful unflinching and highly entertaining memoir * * Observer * * Absolutely and utterly life affirming . . . Nothing is off limits . . . And yet all of it is written with the utmost respect . . . There are many moments that moved me . . . Doughtys language is full of the notion of care * * Scotsman * * Funny but not flippant sometimes painful but rightly so and always compelling * * Literary Review * * Frank . . . philosophical . . . engaging and even wicked * * New York Times * * Acerbic hilarious and thoughtful . . . Doughtys feisty but lovable personality shines through and that would be enough for a decent memoir but she does so much more here. The author uses her own life as a jumping off point in this beautifully crafted piece of writing dovetailing her own observations with the work of psychologists literary figures industry professionals philosophers and religious leaders to argue coherently and convincingly that the impersonal big business model of the funeral industry is robbing us of a vital component of the human experience. She argues that only by facing our mortality and becoming intimate with the idea of death can we live our lives to the fullest and its hard to argue with her * * Independent * * Eye-opening cringe-inducing often hilarious occasionally haunting always insightful -- DAVID EAGLEMAN Caitlin Doughty blows a huge matter-of-fact hole in the grim curtain of silence surrounding the death industry - and what a blessed relief that is. This book absolutely must be read if only to remind all of us that exercise organic food and plastic surgery only work up to a point. Doughty is my kind of death crusader - compassionate unblinking and very very funny -- MEG ROSOFF Caitlin Doughty is not what I imagine a funeral director to be . . . she is funny young and enthusiastic the same characteristics that infuse her memoir * * Sunday Times * * Strange and funny. It may well blow your mind wide open * * Flavorwire * * [Doughtys] sincere hilarious and perhaps life-altering memoir is a must-read for anyone who plans on dying * * Booklist * * Arresting . . . refreshing . . . riveting * * Grazia * * Timely funny honest and interesting Smoke Gets in Your Eyes is an enormously helpful contribution to the current taboo-breaking debate about death -- Virginia Ironside With the dark wit you might expect from an undertaker and the compassion and insight you might not strong storytelling and vivid descriptions she displays a protective mechanism that the psychologists seem to have forgotten - humour * * New Scientist * * Brave and fascinating . . . unusually funny * * Daily Mail * * A death-changing book . . . It is impossible not to be inspired by Doughtys commitment to her cause * * The Times * * Often funny . . . yet never irreverent * * Irish Sunday Independent * * A book as graphic and morbid as this one could easily suck its readers into a bout of sorrow but Doughty - a trustworthy tour guide through the repulsive and wondrous world of death - keeps us laughing most of the way * * Washington Post * * Theres a welcome honesty to Doughtys account of her time as a mortician which starts when she has to shave the face of her first corpse. In some ways its reassuring that we return to dust and Doughtys healthy humour and practicality are reassuring too * * Glasgow Sunday Herald * * Theres something about her understanding of how fragile life can be that got to me . . . And although none of us wants to be confronted by that all the time Doughty has a matter-of-factness that makes that not as scary as it usually seems * * Scotland on Sunday * * Doughty writes about her life with corpses with all the sassiness that other young women bring to penning romcoms * * Mail on Sunday * * Doughty is determined to lead the way in confronting mortality. Indeed she does not so much meet Deaths gaze as attempt to stare him into submission...Doughtys corpse-collecting adventures are often hilarious as well as informing. If you had not planned to pack a book about crematoria for your holiday read this one offers plenty of reasons to reconsider * * Financial Times * * A highly unusual memoir . . . a manifesto for how to live - and die - better. Caitlin with her no-nonsense style and absolute single-mindedness plus a healthy dose of goth sensibility bravely shows that death is nothing to be afraid of * * Twin Magazine * * Truly riveting . . . this funerally forthright book rings with life and dead-pan humour . . . Having read her brilliant contribution to the death debate Im with her all the way to the cremation chamber and Id let her push the button * * Bookseller Book of the Month * *ISBN-10 1782111050ISBN-13 9781782111054Language EnglishNumber of Pages 272View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Caitlin Doughty was born and raised in Hawaii before gaining a degree in Medieval History from the University of Chicago. She currently lives in Los Angeles where she owns an alternative funeral home Undertaking LA. She is the creator of the Ask a Mortician web series the founder of the death acceptance collective The Order of the Good Dead and co-founder of Death Salon.Author 1 Caitlin DoughtyBook Description Unforgettable . . . a hilarious poignant and impassioned plea to revolutionise our attitudes to death Gavin Francis GuardianFrom her first day at Westwind Cremation & Burial twenty-three-year-old Caitlin Doughty threw herself into her curious new profession. Coming face-to-face with the very thing we go to great lengths to avoid thinking about she started to wonder about the lives of those she cremated and the mourning families they left behind and found herself confounded by peoples erratic reactions to death. Exploring our death rituals - and those of other cultures - she pleads the case for healthier attitudes around death and dying. Full of bizarre encounters gallows humour and vivid characters both living and very dead this illuminating account makes this otherwise terrifying subject inviting and fascinating.Editorial Review A zingy fresh and possibly even important book about death . . . This book might change your life * * Evening Standard * * Upbeat brave and brilliantly morbidly curious . . . Important and timely * * Sunday Times * * A well-researched beautifully observed book and Doughty is a convincing and impassioned advocate for changes in our cultural attitudes towards death . . . Theres much to enjoy in this thoughtful unflinching and highly entertaining memoir * * Observer * * Absolutely and utterly life affirming . . . Nothing is off limits . . . And yet all of it is written with the utmost respect . . . There are many moments that moved me . . . Doughtys language is full of the notion of care * * Scotsman * * Funny but not flippant sometimes painful but rightly so and always compelling * * Literary Review * * Frank . . . philosophical . . . engaging and even wicked * * New York Times * * Acerbic hilarious and thoughtful . . . Doughtys feisty but lovable personality shines through and that would be enough for a decent memoir but she does so much more here. The author uses her own life as a jumping off point in this beautifully crafted piece of writing dovetailing her own observations with the work of psychologists literary figures industry professionals philosophers and religious leaders to argue coherently and convincingly that the impersonal big business model of the funeral industry is robbing us of a vital component of the human experience. She argues that only by facing our mortality and becoming intimate with the idea of death can we live our lives to the fullest and its hard to argue with her * * Independent * * Eye-opening cringe-inducing often hilarious occasionally haunting always insightful -- DAVID EAGLEMAN Caitlin Doughty blows a huge matter-of-fact hole in the grim curtain of silence surrounding the death industry - and what a blessed relief that is. This book absolutely must be read if only to remind all of us that exercise organic food and plastic surgery only work up to a point. Doughty is my kind of death crusader - compassionate unblinking and very very funny -- MEG ROSOFF Caitlin Doughty is not what I imagine a funeral director to be . . . she is funny young and enthusiastic the same characteristics that infuse her memoir * * Sunday Times * * Strange and funny. It may well blow your mind wide open * * Flavorwire * * [Doughtys] sincere hilarious and perhaps life-altering memoir is a must-read for anyone who plans on dying * * Booklist * * Arresting . . . refreshing . . . riveting * * Grazia * * Timely funny honest and interesting Smoke Gets in Your Eyes is an enormously helpful contribution to the current taboo-breaking debate about death -- Virginia Ironside With the dark wit you might expect from an undertaker and the compassion and insight you might not strong storytelling and vivid descriptions she displays a protective mechanism that the psychologists seem to have forgotten - humour * * New Scientist * * Brave and fascinating . . . unusually funny * * Daily Mail * * A death-changing book . . . It is impossible not to be inspired by Doughtys commitment to her cause * * The Times * * Often funny . . . yet never irreverent * * Irish Sunday Independent * * A book as graphic and morbid as this one could easily suck its readers into a bout of sorrow but Doughty - a trustworthy tour guide through the repulsive and wondrous world of death - keeps us laughing most of the way * * Washington Post * * Theres a welcome honesty to Doughtys account of her time as a mortician which starts when she has to shave the face of her first corpse. In some ways its reassuring that we return to dust and Doughtys healthy humour and practicality are reassuring too * * Glasgow Sunday Herald * * Theres something about her understanding of how fragile life can be that got to me . . . And although none of us wants to be confronted by that all the time Doughty has a matter-of-factness that makes that not as scary as it usually seems * * Scotland on Sunday * * Doughty writes about her life with corpses with all the sassiness that other young women bring to penning romcoms * * Mail on Sunday * * Doughty is determined to lead the way in confronting mortality. Indeed she does not so much meet Deaths gaze as attempt to stare him into submission...Doughtys corpse-collecting adventures are often hilarious as well as informing. If you had not planned to pack a book about crematoria for your holiday read this one offers plenty of reasons to reconsider * * Financial Times * * A highly unusual memoir . . . a manifesto for how to live - and die - better. Caitlin with her no-nonsense style and absolute single-mindedness plus a healthy dose of goth sensibility bravely shows that death is nothing to be afraid of * * Twin Magazine * * Truly riveting . . . this funerally forthright book rings with life and dead-pan humour . . . Having read her brilliant contribution to the death debate Im with her all the way to the cremation chamber and Id let her push the button * * Bookseller Book of the Month * *ISBN-10 1782111050ISBN-13 9781782111054Language EnglishNumber of Pages 272View Full Specifications
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Russ ShiptonEdition Number 1st EditionISBN-13 9780711901599Language EnglishNumber of Pages 16Publication Date 23-Dec-88Publisher Music Sales SpecificationsAuthor 1 Russ ShiptonEdition Number 1st EditionISBN-13 9780711901599Language EnglishNumber of Pages 16Publication Date 23-Dec-88Publisher Music Sales
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