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Is Romance dead? Or the greatest idea mankind has ever had?
Posted on 2010/12/09 in General, tagged as
Listen to John Farndon, in the latest of his podcasts from The World’s Greatest Idea, discuss this very issue and see what you think: The World’s Greatest Idea – John Farndon podcast 4 – Romance by Icon Books
‘The chapter on jobs is possibly the angriest piece of political writing I’ve read of late’
Posted on 2010/12/08 in General, tagged as
Ed Howker and Shiv Malik’s Jilted Generation is included in Daisy Meyland-Smith’s Christmas books roundup for the Centre for Policy Studies. ‘While the authors deserve credit for their restrained use of the word ‘doinked’ in the introduction,’ she says ‘there is no such delicacy in their condemnation of the ‘shaming, condescending, ambition-crushing, contemptuous message’ put forward by the ‘Panel for Professionally Crushing the Dreams of Youth’.… Read more »
Slaughter on a Snowy Morn – paperback arrives at Icon HQ!
Posted on 2010/12/08 in General, tagged as
Colin Evans’ Slaughter in a Snowy Morn is published in paperback in January, and the first copies have just arrived in the office – as you can see, it looks fabulous – the perfect read for those snowy morns in the new year! See more about the book here.
‘What’s the big idea? Well, it certainly isn’t love and marriage’
Posted on 2010/12/07 in General, tagged as
John Farndon is interviewed by the Yorkshire Post for his book, The World’s Greatest Idea, here. And hear John talk about one of the most controversial ideas in his book, Marriage, in the third of his World’s Greatest Idea podcasts here: The World’s Greatest Idea – John Farndon podcast 3 – Marriage by Icon Books
Eileen Magnello on the Joy of Statistics, tonight on BBC4
Posted on 2010/12/07 in General, tagged as
Eileen Magnello, author of Introducing Statistics, features in a BBC programme called The Joy of Statistics which airs tonight on BBC 4 at 9pm. The programme (and Eileen’s book) are the perfect antidote to the idea that statistics are dull – as you can see in this trailer for the programme:
Education cuts: It’s snobs vs oiks in Oxfordshire
Posted on 2010/12/03 in General, tagged as
Shiv Malik, co-author of Jilted Generation: How Britain Has Bankrupted Its Youth, writes a guest blog for Patrick Butler at the Guardian on a school-student walkout in Oxford over education cuts. Read the full piece here and remember, you can read the whole of Jilted Generation for free on your mobile phone until the end of the year – just text JILTED to 60300.
‘An irresistible parable, both tragic and comic’
Posted on 2010/12/03 in General, tagged as
Fordlandia is one of Ferdinand Mount’s Books of the Year in the Times Literary Supplement. ‘Henry Ford’s vast project of building a city in the Amazonian jungle to provide his car factories with a reliable supply of rubber was greeted as a heroic civilizing mission when it started and damned as catastrophic Western hubris when it failed. The saga remains an irresistible parable, both tragic and comic. I cannot stop thinking of Ford’s homesick man… Read more »
‘”My effort is in the direction of simplicity,” declared Henry Ford in 1928 when he bought 5,000 square miles of Brazil to grow rubber for the tyres of his ubiquitous cars.’
Posted on 2010/12/03 in General, tagged as
The paperback of Greg Grandin’s Fordlandia is reviewed in the Independent today. Read the full piece here.
John Bryant on Aubrey’s Official Register of London Marathon Runners 2001-2011
Posted on 2010/12/02 in General, tagged as
John Bryant, a veteran of marathons throughout the world who has been involved in the London Marathon since its founding in 1981, talks about the Official Register of London Marathon Runners 2001-2010, published by our sister company Aubrey Books: The book lists everyone who has run the Marathon since 2001 and is a lavishly produced hardback – it’s the perfect Christmas present for anyone who has a London Marathon (or even more than one!) behind… Read more »
John Banville chooses Love, Sex, Death and Words as one of his Books of the Year
Posted on 2010/12/02 in General, tagged as
Writing in the Irish Times, novelist John Banville says: ‘Love, Sex, Death and Words– the title itself is irresistible – by John Sutherland and Stephen Fender (Icon Books), is an enjoyable and entirely arbitrary romp through a leap year of anecdotes, from January 1st and the vexed history of the copyright of Peter Pan to the December 31st publication of Richard Yates’s 1961 novel Revolutionary Road, with stops along the way to visit Nietzsche at… Read more »
