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experience from our website newsletters john murray fiction non fiction gift & humour books john murray books absorbing . provocative . exciting . exciting fiction absorbing memoirs authoritative history provocative current affairs and unique gift and humour books . read the john murray story about john murray find contact copyright and submissions information john murray s heritage is a fascinating story in itself . for nearly a quarter of a millennium john murray has been unashamedly populist publishing the absorbing provocative commercial and exciting . seven generations of john murrays fostered genius and found readers in vast numbers until in 2002 the firm became a division of hachette under the umbrella of hodder & stoughton . read the full story beautiful new covers l p hartley reissues john murray have just published these beautiful new reissues of l.p hartley s the boat and a perfect woman . find out more award shortlistings for patrick leigh fermor artemis cooper s biography 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channel . read see related spring 2016 john murray press catalogue click below to view the spring 2016 catalogue from john murray press . read see related john murray what we believe playpausemuteunmutefull screenrestore screen john murray the loney by andrew michael hurley winner of the 2015 costa first novel award the british book awards book of the year 2016 modern classics in this genre are rare and instant ones even rarer ; the loney however looks as though it may be both sunday telegraphif it had another name i never knew but the locals called it the loney that strange nowhere between the wyre and the lune where hanny and i went every easter time with mummer farther mr and mrs belderboss and father wilfred the parish priest.it was impossible to truly know the place . it changed with each influx and retreat and the neap tides would reveal the skeletons of those who thought they could escape its insidious currents . no one ever went near the water . no one apart from us that is.i suppose i always knew that what happened there wouldn t stay hidden for ever no matter how much i wanted it to . no matter how hard i tried to forget ... an amazing piece of fictionhere is the masterpiece by which hurley must enter the guild of the gothic it pleases me to think of his name written on some parchment scroll alongside those of walpole du maurier maturin and jacksona masterful excursion into terroran extraordinarily haunted and haunting novelthis is a novel of the unsaid the implied the barely grasped or understood crammed with dark holes and blurry spaces that your imagination feels compelled to fillwritten with the skill of a poetan eerie disturbing read that doesn t let up until its surprise endingan unforgettable addition to the ranks of the best british horrora haunting and ambiguous novel that will keep you up at nighta tale of suspense that sucks you in and pulls you under . as yarns go it ripsa masterclass in spinning out tensiona haunting exploration of religion faith and family . hurley s evocation of the landscape is bleak and beautiful while his portrayal of a family slowly imploding is both perceptive and compellinga beautiful thrilling and unsettling debut novel.andrew michael hurley has lived in manchester and london and is now based in lancashire where he teaches english literature and creative writing . he has had two collections of short stories published by lime tree press . the loney is his first novel it was first published in october 2014 by tartarus press a tiny independent publisher based in yorkshire as a 300 copy limited edition.a thrilling and unsettling first novel that has already received a rave review from the sunday telegraphthe loney was first published in october 2014 by tartarus press a tiny independent based in yorkshire in a 300 copy limited edition at 35 . john murray are republishing it in august.shortlisted for the inaugural james herbert awardit was a hot book of the london book fair and has sold to territories round the world details see related john murray black box thinking by matthew syed what links the mercedes formula one team with google what is the connection between dave brailsford s team sky and the aviation industry what links the inventor james dyson and the basketball player michael jordan they are all black box thinkers.whether developing a new product honing a core skill or just trying to get a critical decision right black box thinkers aren t afraid to face up to mistakes . in fact black box thinkers see failure as the very best way to learn . rather than denying their mistakes blaming others or attempting to spin their way out of trouble these institutions and individuals interrogate errors as part of their future strategy for success.how many of us can say that we have such a healthy relationship with failure learning from failure has the status of a clich but this book reveals the astonishing story behind the most powerful method of learning known to mankind and reveals the arsenal of techniques wielded by some of the world s most innovative organizations . it also reveals the dangers of failing to learn from mistakes . in healthcare hundreds of thousands of patients die from preventable medical errors every year due to a chronic lack of black box thinkingusing gripping case studies exclusive interviews and really practical takeaways matthew syed the award winning journalist and best selling author of bounce explains how to turn failure into success and shows us how we can all become better black box thinkers.an extraordinary inspirational book which reveals how great performers and teams are driven by an insatiable curiosity for marginal gains together with the intellectual courage to challenge their most cherished assumptionscreative breakthroughs always begin with multiple failures . this brilliant book shows how true invention lies in the understanding and overcoming of these failures which we must learn to embracematthew syed has issued a stirring call to revolutionise how we think about success by changing our attitude to failure . failure shouldn t be shameful and stigmatising but exciting and enlightening . full of well crafted stories and keenly deployed scientific insights black box thinking will forever change the way you think about screwing upretrieval was matthew syed s forte when he was england s number one table tennis player . you couldn t get anything past him . and retrieval is the subject of this extraordinarily wide ranging book . retrieval of hope retrieval of experience not just a true sportsman s determination to retrieve success from the lessons of failure but a true humanitarian s too . a book that dares us to do betterexcellent ... together with his pervious book it adds up to a persuasive account of human accomplishment ... this book is a sustained argument about the damage done by the growth of blame culture in britain and america ... syed s lively book is a powerful warning of the damage such a culture can do.columnist for the times and bestselling author of bounce the myth of talent and the power of practice matthew syed argues that the key to success is a positive attitude to failure.matthew syed is a leading columnist and feature writer for the times . he makes authored features for the bbc current affairs programme newsnight and regularly appears on cnn international and world service tv . matthew graduated from oxford university with a prize winning first in politics philosophy and economics . before becoming a writer matthew was the england table tennis number one for almost a decade three times commonwealth champion and he twice represented great britain in the olympic games.matthew syed s first book bounce the myth of talent and the power of practice was shortlisted for the william hill sports book of the year and became a uk best seller.matthew syed s previous book bounce the myth of talent and the power of practice fourth estate 2011 sold over 100 000 copies through uk bookscan and has been translated into more than 10 languages . it drew comparisons to freakonomics and praise from bestselling authors such as dan ariely.matthew syed is a columnist and feature writer for the times makes authored features for bbc newsnight and regularly appears on cnn international and world service tv.matthew travels around the world to give keynote presentations including europe north america asia and the middle east . he gives business talks to major international corporate clients including goldman sachs bp rolls royce mckinsey manchester united oxford university and vodaphone . details see related john murray fascinating footnotes from history by giles milton giles milton is a man who can take an event from history and make