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Pip Williams

    January 1, 1969

    This author explores the universal quest for the good life, delving into themes of work, rest, and play within contemporary society. Her writing, spanning travel essays, short fiction, and poetry, offers insightful reflections on personal experiences and cultural landscapes. Through her literary endeavors, she examines our search for fulfillment in an ever-changing world.

    Pip Williams
    The Dictionary of Lost Words
    The Bookbinder of Jericho
    Ordnance
    One Italian Summer
    OSS Station Victor
    Time Bomb: Work, Rest and Play in Australia Today
    • Focusing on the pressing issue of time poverty, the book explores the impact of poor urban planning and workplace policies on working families. It highlights how men's work commitments limit their caregiving abilities and examines the challenges women face in balancing career ambitions with household responsibilities. Additionally, it addresses the broader implications of work on sustainability, making a compelling case for the need to reassess how time is valued in the context of family life and environmental concerns.

      Time Bomb: Work, Rest and Play in Australia Today
    • OSS Station Victor

      • 96 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      The fascinating story of how a quiet Berkshire village became a US communication base controlling foreign agents working in Nazi-occupied Europe.

      OSS Station Victor
    • One Italian Summer

      Across the world and back in search of the good life (16pt Large Print Edition)

      • 440 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      A family's quest for a simpler, more fulfilling life leads them to Italy, where they seek to escape the burdens of modern living. Pip and Shannon, disillusioned by their hectic routines, decide to embrace a new lifestyle by quitting their jobs and exploring rural Italy. The narrative is filled with humor and heartfelt moments as Pip experiences life on farms, sleeps in a tool shed, and discovers the joys of community and connection. Ultimately, she uncovers her ideal life in unexpected places, highlighting the transformative power of adventure and self-discovery.

      One Italian Summer
    • Ordnance

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      The story of the machine that kept the army supplied: ordnance on a vast scale

      Ordnance
    • It is 1914, and as the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, women must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy and Maude, twin sisters who live on a narrowboat in Oxford and work in the bindery at the university press. Ambitious, intelligent Peggy has been told for most of her life that her job is to bind the books, not read them-but as she folds and gathers pages, her mind wanders to the opposite side of Walton Street, where the female students of Oxford's Somerville College have a whole library at their fingertips. Maude, meanwhile, wants nothing more than what she has: to spend her days folding the pages of books in the company of the other bindery girls. She is extraordinary but vulnerable, and Peggy feels compelled to watch over her. Then refugees arrive from the war-torn cities of Belgium, sending ripples through the Oxford community and the sisters' lives. Peggy begins to see the possibility of another future where she can educate herself and use her intellect, not just her hands. But as war and illness reshape her world, her love for a Belgian soldier-and the responsibility that comes with it-threaten to hold her back

      The Bookbinder of Jericho
    • A moving and immersive when a team of scholars compiles the first Oxford English Dictionary , one of their daughters starts a parallel book containing all the "objectionable" words the men choose to omit.

      The Dictionary of Lost Words
    • Wisdom of Children

      • 98 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Every child is born with innate wisdom; the role of adults - parents, educators, social workers and policy makers - is to nurture this wisdom and enable it to flourish. This belief underpins this extraordinary book and its stories about the person-centered work of Barbara and Heather Williams with children and young people in a range of settings.

      Wisdom of Children
    • War on Wheels

      • 144 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      During the Second World War the British Army underwent a complete transformation as its number of vehicles grew from 40,000 to 1.5 million, ranging from tanks and giant tank transporters to jeeps, mobile baths and offices, and scout cars.

      War on Wheels
    • How to be a Nurse or Midwife Leader

      • 232 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      How to be a Nurse or Midwife Leader is an indispensable guide for all nurses and midwives who wish to develop and improve their practice as leaders.

      How to be a Nurse or Midwife Leader