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View vbooks Enjoy a good read with Waterstone’s Sixof the best Enjoy Journey to the Edge of the World by Billy Connolly Headline Book Publishing £20.00 In the summer of 2008 Billy Connolly set sail on a ten-week journey from ocean to ocean: from the Atlantic to the Pacific, by way of the North West Passage – a fabled route deep within the Arctic Circle that has thwarted explorers and fortune-hunters for centuries. By plane, rail, road and boat, along coastlines and across sweeping landscapes that represent the final northern frontier of the inhabited world for both man and beast, Billy’s adventure embraces a memorable mix of bizarre encounters, Hemingwayesque characters, incredible wildlife, forgotten languages, big-game hunting and all-night carousing under the midnight sun. Desperate Romantics: The Private Lives of the Pre- Raphaelites by Franny Moyle John Murray Publishers Ltd £20.00 The Bohemian lifestyle and intertwined love affairs of the Pre- Raphaelites shockingly broke 19th-century class barriers and bent the rules that governed the roles of the sexes. They became defined by love triangles, played out against the austere moral climate of Victorian England; they outraged their contemporaries with their loves, jealousies and betrayals, and they stunned society when their complex moral choices led to madness and suicide, or when their permissive experiments ended in addiction and death. The characters are huge and vivid and remain as compelling today as they were in their own time. The influential critic, writer and artist John Ruskin was their father figure and his apostles included the painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti and the designer William Morris. They drew extraordinary women into their 58 circle. In a move intended to raise eyebrows for its social audacity, they recruited the most ravishing models they could find from the gutters of Victorian slums. The saga is brought to life through the vivid letters and diaries kept by the group and the accounts written by their contemporaries. These reallife stories shed new light on the greatest 19th-century British art. Bearded Tit by Rory McGrath Ebury Press paperback £7.99 As an adult, or what passes for one, Rory recounts becoming a card-carrying birdwatcher, observing his first skylark – peerless king of the summer sky – while stoned; his repeatedly failed attempts to get up at the crack of dawn like the real twitchers; and his flawed bid to educate his utterly unreconstructed drinking mate Danny in the ways of birding. Rory’s tale is a thoroughly educational, occasionally lyrical and highly amusing romp through the hidden byways of bird-watching and, more importantly, a love story you’ll never forget. One Chance: My Life and Rugby by Josh Lewsey Virgin Books £17.99 Josh Lewsey is one of the most successful English rugby players of all time. He has won every trophy in the sport at both national and international level and is renowned for his unconventionally broad interests and achievements. In this intelligent, selfeffacing and humorous account of his life so far, Josh speaks about his time at Wasps and as a member of the England team (including the World Cup winning team of 2003), as well as his many other experiences, and shares some of the lessons he has learned along the way. WWaterstone’s more good books at Waterstone’s • Andover 01264 358927 • Eastleigh 02380 618930 • Fareham 01329 825693 • Lymington 01590 671409 • Petersfield 01730 261415 • Portsmouth 02392 821255 • Salisbury 01722 415596 • Southampton (Above Bar) 02380 633130 • Southampton (West Quay) 02380 232118 • Winchester (High Street) 01962 840379 • Winchester (The Brooks) 01962 866206 www.waterstones.com The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith Abacus paperback £6.99 It has never occurred to Precious Ramotswe that there might be disadvantages to being the best-known lady detective in Botswana. But when she receives an anonymous threatening letter, she is compelled to reconsider her unconquerable belief in a kind world and good neighbours. Alexander McCall Smith reveals with all his brilliant storytelling skill that there are very few troubles that cannot be solved with kindness, and very few dry seasons that do not end with welcome rains. Grumpy Old Couples: Men are from Mars. Women Have Just Got Back from Tesco’s by Jenny Eclair, Judith Holder Weidenfeld & Nicolson £9.99 We all know about the jungle of dating. But once you’ve found your ‘special’ friend, you’ll have to pretend you like their taste in music, be nice to their mother and pick up their socks, and that’s only year one. By the time you get into grumpy old middleaged land, you’re firmly on farting terms and over-familiarity has bedded in. The only thing to do with the whole business is to laugh over it, which is the idea of this book. V
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