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Spoken in Whispers
Nov 23, 2024 8:20 PM

Author:Nicci Mackay

Spoken in Whispers

SPOKEN IN WHISPERS is the autobiography of a remarkable woman. Nicci Mackay is a horse whisperer, one of only a few people in the world who can calm agitated horses or revive their broken spirits by translating what they say.Nicci, who has had the extraordinary gift of being able to communicate with animals since childhood, tells her story with honesty and humou r.She writes about a life dedicated to animals-from her years spent as groom and jockey in a racing yard, when she operated in secret, to more recent times, after the media discovered her amazing abilities. She now spends her time travelling extensively, translating and interperating on behalf of animals for their owners. Nicci gives the reader a rare and facinating insight into the minds, emotions and bewildering behaviour of our four-legged friends, from thoroughbred stallions to sheepdogs, opening the door to their world through often hilarious, sometime poignant, but always thought-provoking adventures and encounters with the animals she has met throughout her life. As well as horses, Nicci has worked with a variety of domestic pets, farm animals and birds. This will delight all those who share her love of animals.

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Perceptive, warm and very funny

—— Sunday Telegraph

Funny and joyful

—— Nursing Times

Highly amusing and entertaining

—— Derby Evening Telegraph

Warm and funny ... with her dry humour, eye for life's quirkiness and her charming and self-deprecating manner, Evelyn might not have been a 'born nurse' but she was certainly a born writer. Don't miss her entertaining and often moving story

—— Lancashire Evening Post

She's a total ninja.

—— Ben Goldacre

The charming Dr Marc Abraham

—— RTE

Paul Greenberg observes ... we are at a significant moment

—— Economist

Accessible and enlightening ... It's not Greenberg's way to preach; he's happier letting the facts speak for themselves

—— Observer

Required reading for anyone who eats seafood ...Greenberg is an unfailingly entertaining writer, and his book arms you with the information you need to make intelligent choices when you are confronted by the ... offerings at the fish counter

—— Atlantic

Lucid, readable ... a story well told

—— Charles Clover , Sunday Times

An elegantly composed and strikingly level-headed inquiry into our relationship with the fish we eat and the waters that sustain them

—— Tom Fort , Sunday Telegraph

A powerful case for action ... combining on-the-ground and on-the-ocean reporting from the Yukon to Greece, from the waters off New England to the Mekong Delta, along with accounts of some stirring fishing trips, Greenberg makes a powerful argument ... marvellous exploration of that contradiction, a necessary book for anyone interested in what we take from the sea to eat, and how, and why

—— Sam Sifton , Scotsman

Oren Harman's outstanding new biography of the American scientist George Price makes the case that Price's theoretical contributions to biology are among the most important of the twentieth century...Price was undoubtedly an opaque figure; Harman has approached his life with sensitivity and intelligence, providing a clearer window into this troubled mind

—— Tom Bailey , TLS

Moving biography exploring a geneticst's understanding of human selflessness

—— The Times

An energetic tale that presents not only the science but the history and politics which produced it

—— Islington Tribune
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