Barbara Euphan Todd Bücher
Barbara Euphan Todd ist vor allem für ihre bezaubernde Kinderliteratur bekannt, insbesondere durch die Schöpfung der beliebten Figur Worzel Gummidge, einer zum Leben erweckten Vogelscheuche. Sie verfasste neun Bücher mit dieser ikonischen Figur und festigte damit ihren Platz im Kinderliteraturbereich. Neben ihren berühmten Vogelscheuchen-Geschichten widmete sich Todd auch der Adaption von Volksmärchen für das Radio und der Poesie. Ihr einziger Roman für Erwachsene, 'Miss Ranskill Comes Home', befasst sich mit Themen der Rückkehr und des Verlusts nach kriegsbedingter Isolation. Ihr Schreiben zeichnet sich durch einen skurrilen Charme und die Fähigkeit aus, die Fantasie anzuregen.






An accomplished former ghostwriter and book researcher who worked with Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Ben Bradlee, and Hillary Clinton goes behind-the-scenes of the national's capital to tell the story of how she survived the exciting, but self-important and self-promoting world of the Beltway. Barbara Feinman Todd has spent a lifetime helping other people tell their stories. In the early 1980s, she worked for Bob Woodward, first as his research assistant in the paper's investigative unit and, later, as his personal researcher for Veil, his bestselling book about the CIA. Next she helped Carl Bernstein, who was struggling to finish his memoir, Loyalties. She then assisted legendary editor Ben Bradlee on his acclaimed autobiography A Good Life, and she worked with Hillary Clinton on her bestselling It Takes a Village. Feinman Todd's involvement with Mrs. Clinton made headlines when the First Lady neglected to acknowledge her role in the book's creation, and later, when a disclosure to Woodward about the Clinton White House appeared in one of his books. These events haunted Feinman Todd for the next two decades until she confronted her past and discovered something startling. Revealing what it's like to get into the heads and hearts of some of Washington's most compelling and powerful figures, Feinman Todd offers authentic portraits that go beyond the carefully polished public personas that are the standard fare of the Washington publicity factory. At its heart, Pretend I'm Not Here is a funny and forthcoming story of a young woman in a male-dominated world trying to find her own voice while eloquently speaking for others
An unsparing, wry 1946 Miss Ranskill is shipwrecked and returns to wartime England.
Worzel Gummidge
- 224 Seiten
- 8 Lesestunden
Susan and John are having a very dull holiday in the country until they meet Worzel. They are amazed by the walking, talking bundle of clothes and straw. He's half scarecrow and half human but best of all, he's a wizard. Susan and John soon grow to love Worzel and share all sorts of magical adventures with their unusual friend.
Whales and Dolphins of Aotearoa New Zealand
- 292 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
Marine mammal expert Barbara Todd uses a combination of science and culture to explore whales' incredible diversity, biology and adaption to life in the oceans.