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WINNER: 2024 International Book Awards - Business: CareersDISTINGUISHED FAVORITE: NYC Big Book Award 2024 - CareerDISTINGUISHED FAVORITE: Independent Press Award 2025 - Business: GeneralAssistants and administrators are the backbone of every organization. Discover how to innovate and thrive in this vital sector with The Modern-Day Assistant.As technology and disruption continue to reshape the business world, the responsibilities and skills of a modern-day assistant have transformed. Executives and leaders are more dependent than ever on the unique and varied responsibilities of their administrators and assistants. Drawing upon decades of experience, Lucy Brazier OBE demystifies the strategies and approaches that will allow you to reach your full potential as an assistant, and how to accelerate your career while doing so.From building your network and developing your communication skills to time management and strategic planning, The Modern-Day Assistant is the ultimate guide to developing your abilities and reaching your full potential at work. It also explores how you can effectively capitalize upon your skills, whether that's climbing the ranks of the assistant sector or pivoting into a new role.

WINNER: 2024 International Book Awards - Business: CareersDISTINGUISHED FAVORITE: NYC Big Book Award 2024 - CareerDISTINGUISHED FAVORITE: Independent Press Award 2025 - Business: GeneralAssistants and administrators are the backbone of every organization. Discover how to innovate and thrive in this vital sector with The Modern-Day Assistant.As technology and disruption continue to reshape the business world, the responsibilities and skills of a modern-day assistant have transformed. Executives and leaders are more dependent than ever on the unique and varied responsibilities of their administrators and assistants. Drawing upon decades of experience, Lucy Brazier OBE demystifies the strategies and approaches that will allow you to reach your full potential as an assistant, and how to accelerate your career while doing so.From building your network and developing your communication skills to time management and strategic planning, The Modern-Day Assistant is the ultimate guide to developing your abilities and reaching your full potential at work. It also explores how you can effectively capitalize upon your skills, whether that's climbing the ranks of the assistant sector or pivoting into a new role.

'Exactly the kind of person you want to lead you through Christmas... a comprehensive volume' Diana Henry, Sunday Telegraph'A snapshot of idyllic, rural River Cottage life ... Imaginative and wonderful' Delicious MagazineChristmas at River Cottage encapsulates the very best that the season has to offer, guiding you from the autumn equinox, through advent and Christmas, and merrily into the new year with inspiration, traditions and indispensable recipes for every festive occasion.These are recipes that have been honed over the years and are rooted in the River Cottage foundations of tradition, seasonality and sustainability. As well as the ultimate versions of all the classics, there are a whole host of new ideas for showstopping centrepieces, sparkling cocktails, prep-ahead canapes, edible gifts, livening up leftovers, as well as some of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s festive favourites. And accompanying all of this are tips from Lucy and Hugh on planning ahead, making natural decorations, effortlessly feeding a crowd and orchestrating the great Christmas Dinner so you'll also be able to find the magic along the way.

''Exactly the kind of person you want to lead you through Christmas... a comprehensive volume'' Diana Henry, Sunday TelegraphChristmas at River Cottage encapsulates the very best that the season has to offer, guiding you from the autumn equinox, through advent and Christmas, and merrily into the new year with inspiration, traditions and indispensable recipes for every festive occasion. These are recipes that have been honed over the years and are rooted in the River Cottage foundations of tradition, seasonality and sustainability. As well as the ultimate versions of all the classics, there are a whole host of new ideas for showstopping centrepieces, sparkling cocktails, prep-ahead canapes, edible gifts, livening up leftovers, as well as some of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall''s festive favourites. And accompanying all of this are tips from Lucy and Hugh on planning ahead, making natural decorations, effortlessly feeding a crowd and orchestrating the great Christmas Dinner so you''ll also be able to find the magic along the way.

''Exactly the kind of person you want to lead you through Christmas... a comprehensive volume'' Diana Henry, Sunday Telegraph''A snapshot of idyllic, rural River Cottage life ... Imaginative and wonderful'' Delicious MagazineChristmas at River Cottage encapsulates the very best that the season has to offer, guiding you from the autumn equinox, through advent and Christmas, and merrily into the new year with inspiration, traditions and indispensable recipes for every festive occasion. These are recipes that have been honed over the years and are rooted in the River Cottage foundations of tradition, seasonality and sustainability. As well as the ultimate versions of all the classics, there are a whole host of new ideas for showstopping centrepieces, sparkling cocktails, prep-ahead canapes, edible gifts, livening up leftovers, as well as some of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall''s festive favourites. And accompanying all of this are tips from Lucy and Hugh on planning ahead, making natural decorations, effortlessly feeding a crowd and orchestrating the great Christmas Dinner so you''ll also be able to find the magic along the way.

‘I read this book in two sit downs! It is filled with compassion. An honest look at navigating life, marriage, family, neurodiversity and veg.’ Anna Maxwell Martin‘A truly beautiful, magical book – I urge you to give it to anyone having a midlife wobble, because Lucy is unashamed about showing her vulnerability and what it is to be human, a woman, a wife and a mum in the 21st century. Heart-breaking and heart-warming, but the ultimate message is one of hope: never give up on the one you love.’ Veronica Henry"On National Divorce Day, my husband Steve and I decide to break up. After years of depression and mood swings (him) and hope and defeat (me) enough is, quite frankly, enough.Until a chance remark triggers a chain of events leading to Steve’s diagnosis of ADHD and autism. What follows is a year of discovery, denial, medication and salvation as we, our teenagers and even our beloved Golden Retriever, Margot, set out to embrace this new reality. But will my plan to start an amateur honesty box business from our tiny Devon village be the catalyst to bring us together, or drive us further apart?This is about what it is like to try and rebuild a marriage. It is a funny, heart-wrenching, uplifting quest for truth, transformation and marrows.I guess you could call it a love story too."‘A beautiful and much needed book about what it is like to be in a relationship with someone who is neurodivergent, and the challenges it can bring! Lucy’s story highlights just how life changing a diagnosis can be, and how it can truly save relationships.’ Rich and Rox Pink, @adhd_love_

''I read this book in two sit downs! It is filled with compassion. An honest look at navigating life, marriage, family, neurodiversity and veg.'' Anna Maxwell Martin''A truly beautiful, magical book – I urge you to give it to anyone having a midlife wobble, because Lucy is unashamed about showing her vulnerability and what it is to be human, a woman, a wife and a mum in the 21st century. Heart-breaking and heart-warming, but the ultimate message is one of hope: never give up on the one you love.'' Veronica Henry"On National Divorce Day, my husband Steve and I decide to break up. After years of depression and mood swings (him) and hope and defeat (me) enough is, quite frankly, enough.Until a chance remark triggers a chain of events leading to Steve''s diagnosis of ADHD and autism. What follows is a year of discovery, denial, medication and salvation as we, our teenagers and even our beloved Golden Retriever, Margot, set out to embrace this new reality. But will my plan to start an amateur honesty box business from our tiny Devon village be the catalyst to bring us together, or drive us further apart?This is about what it is like to try and rebuild a marriage. It is a funny, heart-wrenching, uplifting quest for truth, transformation and marrows. I guess you could call it a love story too."''A beautiful and much needed book about what it is like to be in a relationship with someone who is neurodivergent, and the challenges it can bring! Lucy''s story highlights just how life changing a diagnosis can be, and how it can truly save relationships.'' Rich and Rox Pink, @adhd_love_

‘This gorgeous memoir had me in all my feelings. It’s the raw, funny, moving story of a marriage in crisis. Highly recommend' Jennie GodfreyA funny, heartfelt, uplifting quest for unlocking happiness in tough times during life's big transitions - from marriage to motherhood, and from mental health to mindfulness."On National Divorce Day, my husband Steve and I decide to break up. After years of depression and mood swings (him) and hope and defeat (me) enough is, quite frankly, enough.Until a chance remark triggers a chain of events leading to Steve’s later-in-life diagnosis of ADHD and autism. What follows is a year of discovery, denial, medication and salvation as we, our teenagers and even our beloved Golden Retriever, Margot, adjust to the ups and downs of this new reality.I guess you could call it a love story too.”One wife and mother, one garden, and one year of discovering how honesty, hope and home-grown kindness can change everything.

''I read this book in two sit downs! It is filled with compassion. An honest look at navigating life, marriage, family, neurodiversity and veg.'' Anna Maxwell Martin''A truly beautiful, magical book – I urge you to give it to anyone having a midlife wobble, because Lucy is unashamed about showing her vulnerability and what it is to be human, a woman, a wife and a mum in the 21st century. Heart-breaking and heart-warming, but the ultimate message is one of hope: never give up on the one you love.'' Veronica Henry"On National Divorce Day, my husband Steve and I decide to break up. After years of depression and mood swings (him) and hope and defeat (me) enough is, quite frankly, enough.Until a chance remark triggers a chain of events leading to Steve''s diagnosis of ADHD and autism. What follows is a year of discovery, denial, medication and salvation as we, our teenagers and even our beloved Golden Retriever, Margot, set out to embrace this new reality. But will my plan to start an amateur honesty box business from our tiny Devon village be the catalyst to bring us together, or drive us further apart?This is about what it is like to try and rebuild a marriage. It is a funny, heart-wrenching, uplifting quest for truth, transformation and marrows. I guess you could call it a love story too."''A beautiful and much needed book about what it is like to be in a relationship with someone who is neurodivergent, and the challenges it can bring! Lucy''s story highlights just how life changing a diagnosis can be, and how it can truly save relationships.'' Rich and Rox Pink, @adhd_love_