Jonathan Wittenberg

'A book about faithfulness and constancy in a world where both seem lost - highly recommended for dog lovers and would-be dog lovers - gentle and wise' - Justin Webb In this book for dog lovers everywhere, Jonathan Wittenberg says his dogs have taught him -- more than anything else -- how to appreciate the wonderful world in which we live, and how to develop better relationships with his friends and families. In this wonderful, warm account of one man and his canine companions, Jonathan shares his inability to resist the big, brown-eyed look which says, 'I'll melt your heart if you even think of going out without me', and the security he feels on a twenty-mile trek across the bleak Scottish Highlands with not a soul for a friend but his border collie. A good read if you enjoy watching Paul O'Grady's ITV series For the Love of Dogs, about the work of Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.

Things My Dog Has Taught Me

In this book of pastoral writings, Jonathan Wittenberg has chosen to use his own life and experience as the template for a learned, and profound, meditation on just how we may make sense of our lives and those we love.

An Inner Journey

The Silence of Dark Water

‘Moving – at times almost unbearably so – and fascinating’ Antonia Fraser A family’s story of human tenacity, faith and a race for survival in the face of unspeakable horror and cruelty perpetrated by the Nazi regime against the Jewish people.

My Dear Ones: One Family and the Final Solution

Bernardine Evaristo

Abdulrazak Gurnah

Monica Ali

Ian Sansom

David Constantine

David Herd

Patrick Gale

Lisa Appignanesi

Jonathan Skinner

Gillian Slovo

Lytton Smith

Emma Parsons

Roma Tearne

With nationalism and the far right on the rise across Europe and North America, there has never been a more important moment to face up to what we, in Britain, are doing to those who seek sanctuary. Still the UK detains people indefinitely under immigration rules. Bail hearings go unrecorded, people are picked up without notice, individuals feel abandoned in detention centres with no way of knowing when they will be released. In Refugee Tales III we read the stories of people who have been through this process, many of whom have yet to see their cases resolved and who live in fear that at any moment they might be detained again. Poets, novelists and writers have once again collaborated with people who have experienced detention, their tales appearing alongside first-hand accounts by people who themselves have been detained. What we hear in these stories are the realities of the hostile environment, the human costs of a system that disregards rights, that denies freedoms and suspends lives. ‘We hear so many of the wrong words about refugees – ugly, limiting, unimaginative words – that it feels like a gift to find here so many of the right words which allow us to better understand the lives around us, and our own lives too.’ – Kamila Shamsie All profits go to the Gatwick Detainee Welfare Group and Kent Help for Refugees.

Refugee Tales: Volume III

Jonathan Wittenberg

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