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SarahHarvey;£9.99,Bluebird

MarieKondo’sorganisational

philosophyencouragedus to

jettisonanythingthatdoesn’t

‘sparkjoy’fromourcupboards,

andthisbookencouragesus to

dosomethingsimilarwithour

lives.Theauthorwaslivingin

Tokyowhenshewasintroduced

to kaizen– theJapanesemethod

of incrementalchange.Herbook

featuresmanageablestepsto

improveeverythingfrom

friendships to income.

SUNANDRAIN

AnaRo; £39.95,Phaidon

Slovenia’smostcelebratedchef,
AnaRo, is entirelyself-taught,
butthatdidn’tstopherbeing
namedbestfemalechefat the
prestigiousWorld’s 50 Best
Restaurantsawards.Likeher
cooking,herdebutbookis
idiosyncratic,combiningrecipes
fordishesservedat her
restaurantHia Frankowith
evocativephotographsof the
SocˇaValleyin whichit sits
(above).Shealsoincludes
poems and recollections.

‘TheJapanesehave

a phrase“shinshin

ichinyo”,which

translatesas“body

andmindasone”.

Ratherthanseeing

theseasseparate

entities,asweoen

doin theWest,this

is abouta deep

interconnection

betweenyour

body,mindand

spirituality’

HITTINGA STRAIGHTLICK

WITHA CROOKEDSTICK

ZoraNealeHurston;£12.99,HQ

Thisis a collectionof workfirst

publishedin the‘20sand‘30s

bynovelistandanthropologist

ZoraNeale.Forpartof these

decadesshewasthesoleblack

studentat NewYork’sBarnard

College,andthetalesare

insightfulto theexperienceof

beingAfrican-Americanin the

early20thcentury.Theidiomatic

titlemeansovercominggreat

dicultiesto achieve

extraordinary things.

INHERFOOTSTEPS

£17.99;LonelyPlanet

It is oensaidthatwomenhave

beenwrittenoutof history,and

builtenvironmentsreflecttheir

absencefromthenarrative–

statuesandstreetnameschiefly

commemoratingmen.Ourbook

seeksto contributeto theturning

tide,guidingreadersto locations

aroundtheworldwheretrail-

blazingwomenmadetheirmark

• fromthehomeof suragette
  SylviaPankhurstto thetennis
  courtswheretheWilliams sisters
  learned their sport.