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The Frood

The Authorised and Very Official History of Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

By: Jem Roberts

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The Frood

The Authorised and Very Official History of Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

By: Jem Roberts

As a wise ape once observed, space is big – vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly so. However, if you look too closely at space, it becomes nothing but lumps of rock and sundry gases. Sometimes it's necessary to take a step back, and let a few billion years go by, before any of the true wonder and scope of the cosmos becomes apparent. Similarly, the late 20th century author, humorist and thinker Douglas Adams was big – vastly, hugely and thoroughly mind-bogglingly so, both in physical terms, and as a writer who has touched millions of readers, firing up millions of cerebellums all over planet Earth, for over 35 years – and for nearly half of that time, he hasn't even been alive. It would be ridiculous to pretend that Douglas Adams's life and work has gone unexamined since his dismayingly early death at 49 but throughout the decade since the last book to tackle the subject, the universes Adams created have continued to develop, to beguile and expand minds, and will undoubtedly do so for generations to come. An all-new approach to the most celebrated creation of Douglas Adams is therefore most welcome, and The Frood tells the story of Adams's explosive but agonizingly constructed fictional universe, from his initial inspirations to the posthumous sequel(s) and adaptations, bringing together a thousand tales of life as part of the British Comedy movements of the late 70s and 80s along the way. With the benefit of hindsight and much time passed, friends and colleagues have been interviewed for a fresh take on the man and his works.

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482

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Random House

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1409052354

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9781409052357

The Art of Conscious Communication

Effective Personal and Professional Communication Skills

By: Jem Fuller

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The Art of Conscious Communication

Effective Personal and Professional Communication Skills

By: Jem Fuller

“An enlightening guide to redefining masculinity . . . helping [the modern man] navigate conversations with empathy, clarity, and respect.” —Scott Jeffrey Miller, bestselling author and podcast host Embrace the power of conscious communication and become part of a new generation of emotionally aware, respectful men. Your journey towards enhanced relationships and a more fulfilling life begins here. In this transformative guide, author Jem Fuller draws on 20 years of coaching and leadership, providing strategies to enhance communication skills. Explore the depths of personal discovery through honest stories, discovering how small steps in awareness can lead to significant changes in relationships and results. It’s not just a book. In a world where communication shapes the essence of our relationships and results, Fuller challenges conventional norms that may hinder effective expression. The Art of Conscious Communication for Thoughtful Men is a guide to thinking, focusing, acting, and communicating in ways that profoundly impact both individual lives and the lives of those around you. The book urges men to break free from societal constraints, offering practical strategies for navigating complex emotions and conversations. As you delve into Jem’s colorful life experiences and leadership insights, witness the potential for positive societal change and a more fulfilling life through the profound impact of conscious communication. Inside, you’ll find: Masterful coaching strategies for effective communication Leadership insights honed over two decades Practical guidance for navigating complex emotions Stories from a diverse life, enhancing cultural understanding If you liked books such as The First Minute, The Effective Communication Method, or 7 Winning Conflict Resolution Techniques, you’ll love The Art of Conscious Communication for Thoughtful Men.

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195

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Mango Media

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1684815975

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9781684815975

Rifling Paradise

By: Jem Poster

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Rifling Paradise

By: Jem Poster

“A dubious character experiences a shattering change of heart during his specimen-collecting expedition to Australia . . . Edgy, intense and engrossing” (Kirkus Reviews). When past indiscretions catch up with Charles Redbourne, a minor English landowner, he is propelled from England to Australia, where he plans to make his mark as a naturalist. There, his life begins to change dramatically, not least when he meets his host’s wayward, artistic daughter. But it is on an expedition in search of scientific specimens in the Blue Mountains that events take a terrifying turn. Vividly conveying the unspoken codes of Victorian society, this is a gripping tale of emotional and psychological reckoning that offers an inspired meditation on the relationship between humankind and the natural world. “Immediately gripping . . . An epic tale whose figures in landscape encapsulate a turning point in history.” —The Times Literary Supplement “Poster’s prose is at its best when describing the flora and fauna (exotic birds especially), the sounds and smells, of the outback . . . A stylish, assured and thoughtful narrative.” —The Guardian “Violence seethes perpetually just below the surface, all the more powerful for the author’s restraint . . . Rifling Paradise is one of those historical novels that continually confronts us with our present world, the world created out of the brutality and disaster of the past but also out of its graces, a world we may not yet be mature enough to save.” —Historical Novels

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202

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ABRAMS

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146830609X

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9781468306095

Courting Shadows

By: Jem Poster

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Courting Shadows

By: Jem Poster

“A fantastically tightly written, read-every-word novel . . . As a psychological thriller, it’s as close to wonderful as anything I’ve recently read” (The Guardian). In the winter of 1881, John Stannard, a young architect, is in self-imposed exile in a remote English village, carrying out repairs to the parish church. Arrogant and insensitive to what he considers superstition and sentimental attachment to the past, he soon begins to inflict serious damage on the ancient building as well as on those with whom he comes into contact—most notably the beautiful, ambitious, local girl Ann Rosewell. This is the mesmerizing tale of a man who clings ferociously to his warped notion of civilized behavior, unwilling to admit his need for love. Set in a vividly evoked landscape and taut with foreboding, Jem Poster’s striking first novel pits reason against emotion, progress against preservation, and explores our capacity for invention and self-delusion—the stories we tell each other and the stories we tell ourselves. “[A] dazzling debut . . . Wholly involving from start to finish.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Written in lavishly beautiful prose, this is a consistently tense tale of rationality, self-delusion, and epidemic superstition.” —Booklist

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ABRAMS

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1468307800

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9781468307801

Soupy Twists!

The Full Official Story of the Sophisticated Silliness of Fry and Laurie

By: Jem Roberts

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Soupy Twists!

The Full Official Story of the Sophisticated Silliness of Fry and Laurie

By: Jem Roberts

This first ever, officially authorised biography of Fry & Laurie takes us on their journey from insecure Footlighters to international comedy heroes. It is the tale of a true friendship, a deep affection between two very funny men which has long been reflected back from an adoring public. Jem Roberts, acclaimed chronicler of Blackadder and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, covers everything from the excitement of being the first Perrier Award winners with The Cellar Tapes to the terrors of performing on Saturday Live, the collaborative warfare of Blackadder and the ultimate depiction of Wodehouse’s most inimitable characters, Jeeves & Wooster. Beyond this, the trials and tribulations of their remarkable subsequent separate career paths, from QI to House, will be explored for the first time. With tantalising, never-before-seen titbits from the A Bit of Fry & Laurie archive, and interviews with Emma Thompson, Richard Curtis, John Lloyd and more, this history of Fry & Laurie is an overdue celebration, paying tribute to a legacy of laughter from one of the funniest double acts of all time.

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303

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Unbound Publishing

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1783526378

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9781783526376

Reward System

Stories

By: Jem Calder

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Reward System

Stories

By: Jem Calder

“Reward System is an exhilarating and beautiful book by an extraordinarily gifted writer. Reading these stories, I found myself thinking newly and differently about contemporary life.” —Sally Rooney, author of Beautiful World, Where Are You Julia has landed a fresh start—at a “pan-European” restaurant. “Imagine that,” says her mother. “I’m imagining.” Nick is flirting with sobriety and nobody else. Did you know adults his age are now more likely to live with their parents than with a romantic partner? Life should have started to take shape by now—but instead we’re trying on new versions of ourselves, swiping left and right, searching for a convincing answer to that question: “What do you do?” Jem Calder’s Reward System is a set of ultra-contemporary and electrifyingly fresh fictions about work, relationships, and the strange loop of technology and the self. They are about a generation on the cusp: the story of two people enmeshed in Zooms and lockdowns, loneliness and love, devices and desires. Hyperaware but also deeply confused about who they are, Julia and Nick reveal the way we live now in a startling new light.

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165

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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0374602433

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9780374602437

Deus Vult

A Concise History of the Crusades

By: Jem Duducu

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Deus Vult

A Concise History of the Crusades

By: Jem Duducu

A new and accessible history of the crusades, covering the nine Middle-Eastern crusades along with the less-well-known European ones

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216

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445640880

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9781445640884

Wild Heart of the Seas: Give No Quarter

Book 2 of Wild Heart series

By: Jem Richards

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Wild Heart of the Seas: Give No Quarter

Book 2 of Wild Heart series

By: Jem Richards

Join Crystal and the rest of the crew in the second book of the Wild Heart of the Seas series! Crystal sends Captain Stevenson and the Saving Grace to patrol Eastern Africa and Indonesia while she guides the Avenging Angel around the Caribbean and Western Africa. Get ready to discover where their travels take them and the adventures they have! Crystal finally discovers her true feelings for Commodore Sullivan, but she isn’t sure where it will lead her! In the meantime, Crystal is just as heroic and sassy as ever as they continue in their mission. They make new friends, face a dangerous storm, and take action to a whole new level! Will Crystal have what it takes to face the dangers yet to come?

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400

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Jem Richards

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1707086052

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9781707086054

The FreeBSD 6.2 Crash Course

By: Jem Matzan

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The FreeBSD 6.2 Crash Course

By: Jem Matzan

FreeBSD is not particularly difficult to use, and its integrated documentation is adequate, but it can take a long time to figure out which packages you need to install in order to get certain services running, and how to configure them once installed. Even if you're familiar with the programs you need to use, learning how they work with FreeBSD can be a challenge. If you are totally new to Unix-like operating environments, this guide could be a little over your head in some places, but if you read it from start to finish and stick with it when things get difficult, you'll end up with a functional and useful operating system. If you already have some experience with any Unix-like operating system, you'll probably feel right at home with FreeBSD and may want to skip ahead to the sections that apply to you. While there are some suggestions and system administration tips sprinkled throughout The FreeBSD Crash Course, it is not designed to teach you how to administer a server. It's impossible to anticipate each reader's hardware configuration and goals for working with FreeBSD, so instead of telling you how to set up your machine to perform specific tasks, this guide will show you how to install and configure various services and programs. This Short Cut is organized into two sections: desktop and server. From those two starting points, you can customize FreeBSD to meet nearly any need. If you're new to FreeBSD, start at the beginning and skip ahead when you hit a section that isn't relevant to what you need to do.

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"O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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0596510160

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9780596510169

Score for a Hole in the Ground

By: Jem Finer,Jeremy Millar,David Toop,Jeremy Theophilus,Sandra Drew

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Score for a Hole in the Ground

By: Jem Finer,Jeremy Millar,David Toop,Jeremy Theophilus,Sandra Drew

Score for a Hole in the Ground is a triple award winning work. Having been the recipient of the first PRS Foundation New Music Award, it went on to receive the Rouse Kent Public Art Award and the British Composer Award for New Media. Inspired by suikinkutsu water chimes found in temple gardens of Japan, Score for a Hole in the Ground uses tuned percussive instruments, played by falling water, to create music. Finer describes his piece as 'both music and an integrated part of the landscape and the forces that operate on it and in it'. The sound element of this piece is extremely subtle. It requires time to allow the visitor to tune their ear to the level of sound and is affected by weather and ambient noise.

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Book's by Jem Finer

The Frood

The Frood

The Art of Conscious Communication

The Art of Conscious Communication

Rifling Paradise

Rifling Paradise

Courting Shadows

Courting Shadows

Soupy Twists!

Soupy Twists!

Reward System

Reward System

Deus Vult

Deus Vult

Wild Heart of the Seas: Give No Quarter

Wild Heart of the Seas: Give No Quarter

The FreeBSD 6.2 Crash Course

The FreeBSD 6.2 Crash Course

Score for a Hole in the Ground

Score for a Hole in the Ground

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